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Teeth. Such as are more liable to a Con- 
ftipation after drinking, reap Advantage by 
imoaking Tobacco; for the Salts walked 
down by the Drink, irritate the Bowels, 
and make them anfwer fooner and better* 
Such as drinking make ftupid, dull, fpi- 
ritlels, and half dead, fhould therefore 
fmoak with it, that the Pungency of the 
Tobacco may ftir up and provoke their dull 
Nerves, and keep them in play. Such as 
are more vexed with rheumatic, or erratic 
Pains, by moderate drinking, Ihould fmoak 
Tobacco, for its Acid or Sulphur em bar- 
rages thofe acrid Particles,, whofe Points are 
fo ready to pierce into, and fix in the fmall 
VeflfeU of the Periofteum, and excite into- 
lerable Pains. They that are fubjedt to fla- 
tulent Cholicks, by drinking much vifeid 
or ropy fermented Liquors, will reap fome 
little Advantage by fmoaking Tobacco with 
their Pot ; for the Salts of the Tobacco 
drawn into the Mouth, and fwallowed with 
the Liquor, both attenuate the Flatuflfes, and 
promote the periftaltic Motion of the Guts, 
whereby they drive forward their contained 
Matter, and give not time to its Parts to 
Magnate, and its Vifcidities to attraft and 
diftend 
