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ach ; or thofe Afhes ufed to rub and fcour 
the Teeth, every Morning, when they are 
black, yellow, or otherwife difcoloured, 
dear the Teeth, whiten and beautify them, 
and take off that ScurfF, or Animalcula, 
which too often wafte and corrode our 
Grinders, and make us toothlefs before we 
arrive at middle Age. Such as deal too 
much in Sugar and other Spices, which 
confume and rot the Teeth, may preferve 
them much longer, if they daily ufe thofe 
Allies, as well as they that ufe Tartar vitri- 
olated. It is thofe Salts chiefly that are 
in the Afhes, which makes Tobacco of 
fuch Angular Service in tetterous, fcrophu- 
lous, phagedemic, and obftinate Ulcers. 
Smoaking avails much in the fleepy Difea- 
fes, as Lethargy, Coma, &c. by disburden- 
ing the VefTels and Glands of much Phlegm, 
and warming and rouzing up the foaked or 
half-drowned Nerves. And as it invigo- 
rates and blunts the Sharpnefs of the Sto- 
mach’s glandular Juice, therefore labouring 
People will work a long time with a Pipe 
or two of Tobacco, before they complain 
of Wearinefs or Hunger. And as the Pun- 
gency of the Smoak on the Nerves of the 
Mouth, 
