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and Mouth, of much Phlegm and Water 
in a Morning, &c. but fhould I come to 
r treat of its medicinal Ufes internally and 
externally, this would be drawn out beyond 
the Compafs of fo fmall Bounds as I am 
here confined to ; therefore come we next 
to its DifTervices, which are neither few 
nor fmall, if ufed immoderately. 
Much Smoaking is more difagreeable in 
Summer than Winter, becaufe it over-heats 
the Body, and raifes a fever iih Indifpofition. 
Its Excefs is worfe in a warm clear Air, 
than in a thick, foggy, moilf, cloudy, and 
rainy State of the Atmofphere ; for in all 
thefe it is very neceflary, as it rarifies the in- 
fpired Air, heats it, warms the Body, and 
helps it to fhake off the Moifture from its 
Surfaces ; it is worfe to choierick Conftitu* 
tions than the flegmatic, becaufe it raifes 
the Blood’s jfwift Motion, encreafes its Acri- 
mony, and the Elafticity of the Solids 3 it is 
not fo fm table with an acrid, pungent, aro- 
matic, ftimulant Diet of Eatables and Drink- 
ables much ufed, as with a vifcid, tenaci- 
ous, flatulent, clogging Food, which re- 
quires fame Stimulus to the Solids to pro- 
mote its Digeliion, and their Aftion and 
W armth. 
