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and lefs lufcipient of a Load of Phlegm. 
In paralytic or apoplediic Difpofitions, or 
in Obftrudlions of the optic Nerves, called 
Gutta Serena, chewing Tobacco is fervice- 
able, as a conftant Drain of fome of thofe 
vifcous or redundant Serofities from the 
Head, which loaded and foaked the Nerves. 
Scabinefs, Leprofy, Elephantiafis, and ob- 
ftinate cuticular Eruptions from an acrid State 
of the Blood, may reap fome little Benefit 
from chewing Tobacco 5 1. As it helps to 
drain off fome of thofe acrid Salts with the 
Spittle, as the much acrid and grofs Sulphur 
of the Tobacco embarrafs and entangle the 
reft of the Salts in the Blood. As obfti- 
nate Epilepfies often arife from a watery 
or infipid Blood, and weak Nerves, chew- 
ing may not be improper, to draw forth 
fome of the firft by Spittle, and ftimulate 
and excite the laft. Wherever there is a 
Redundancy of loading, vifeid, or ferous 
iuperfluous Humours, filling and diftending 
the Parts near the Mouth, chewing is of 
Service j as in a Relaxation of the Uvula 
without Inflammation, white Swellings on 
the Almonds of the Ears, a Tooth-ach from 
much fharp Phlegm, Deafnefs from a Re- 
laxation of the Drum of the Ear, Diminu- 
tion 
