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the Liquor drank during fmoaking, and 
partly with the Spittle feparated about the 
Head of the Pharynx and Larynx ; thefe 
will give a brilk Stimulation to the Coats 
of the Stomach, and help it to throw thofe 
vifcid palling Dregs of the Liquor, or that 
plentiful glandular Juice fpued out, into the 
Cavity of the Stomach, caufing what the 
Vulgar call Water Foam . I fay, thofe Salts 
contribute to the Stomach's Expulfion of that 
languid palling Load, and throwing it into 
the Inteffines, to be thrown off* by more 
natural and lefs hurtful Outlets. All fer- 
mented fpirituous Liquors, containing much 
Sharpnefs in them, they often ftir up that 
excruciating Pain called the Tooth -ach, in 
thofe efpecially that are more liable to, and 
troubled with it; but fmoaking Tobacco gives 
frequently mofl fignal Relief here, both be- 
caufe its Acidity blunts and entangles the 
Sharpnefs of the Spirits, and as it is of an 
anodyne or flupifying Nature; and laftly, 
as it opens the Sluices of the falival Dufts, 
and makes a more plentiful Difcharge of 
the Saliva, and leaves lefs of it to ftagnate, 
or regurgitate upon the delicate Springs of 
the Nerves, inferted into the Roots of the 
Teeth* 
