( 234 ) 
fo as they are not at that liberty to vex us 
and produce their Effefts. And becaufe it 
provokes a plentiful Difcharge of Saliva, the 
falival DuCts are dilated, their Diameters 
lengthened ; hence the Drinker that fmoaks 
is lefs liable to Third: after, than he that 
drinks much and fmoaks not ; becaufe 
Smoaking both warms and pleafantly irri- 
tates the Nerves, whereby they put forth a 
better Tendon, and exert a brilker Force; 
therefore the Smoaker is lefs liable to Drow- 
linefs, Dullnefs, or lethargic Diforders after 
Drinking, than he that fmoaks not, feeing 
the Secretion made by the falival Glands, is 
of a vifcous or ropy Nature ; the cleanfing 
of them by extracting fo much Phlegm, and 
enlarging the Diameters of their excretory 
DuCts with fmoaking, will free the Smoaker 
more from the Defluxion and Load of this 
thick, tough Serum on thofe fmall Tubes 
(which are ftraiter in fuch as ufe not Smoak- 
ing, or have not inured the Body to an habi- 
tual Drain that way) than others ; hence the 
laft are more fubjeCt to Rheums and Ca- 
tarrhs after tippling of thick, grofs, vifcous 
Liquors. And becaufe much of the To- 
bacco’s Salts are wafhed down partly with 
the 
