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tion of Tafte , Ranula , or Swellings under 
the Tongue 5 Dimnefs of Sight, & c. for it 
draws off much of thofe Serolities which 
diftend, relax, and load the Parts. 
Snuffing is fo far from being juft good 
for nothing , that fome Cafes defy all the 
Phyficians Skill, and the Affiftance of the 
whole Materia Medica , to give fuch Relief 
as it does ; e. gr . in a violent and obftinate 
Tooth-ach and Corrofion, or eating and 
mouldering away of the Teeth, by a ffiarp 
acrimonious Humour falling and lodging 
upon the fmall Sprigs of Nerves, which are 
inferted into the Roots, and nourifh them ; 
which Nerves are thereby conftantly pricked, 
pained, and tortured. How often does this 
become the opprobrium me di corum doctijji- 
morum , and relift the Force of all internal 
Methods and topical Applications ? yet a 
conftant Ufe of Tobacco- Snuff, by its Ti- 
tulation and Irritation of the Glands and 
Nerves of the Nofe, opens aaother and 
painlefs Sluice for this tormenting acrid Hu- 
mour, viz . by the excretory Dudts of the 
Glands of the Nofe, whereby the Teeth 
are relieved and faved, and Pain fpared. 
The grofs Sulphur of the Tobacco, at the 
fame Time, fheaths up and blunts the acrid 
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