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Humour brought to the Glands. This 
Cafe was hereditary to me, and from 1 5 to 
28 Years of Age, I had very little or no 
Intervals from either a moil acute, or more 
obtufe Tooth-ach, which many times, for 
whole Weeks, prevented fo much as a Slum* 
her, and at laft confumed moft of my Grind- 
ers, though I ufed all that could rationally 
be thought of to cure it ; but at the Age 
laft mentioned I took to Snuffing, and have 
continued it moftly fince ; and except three 
times that I laid it afide for fome time, I 
never had the leaft Return of my Pains, 
nor Lofs of Teeth ; but within ten Days 
after I left off Snuffing, all my Teeth loofed, 
the Pain returned, and I was in Jlatu quo 
till I took to Snuff again, I dare fay, I 
have at leaft prefcribed the fame Courfe to 
above an hundred People fince, from whom 
I have received hearty Thanks, for I have 
not found one Inftance where it failed. 
Snuffing is likewife of Service in Diforders 
of the Head, from too much pituitous Mat- 
ter refting upon the Glands or Vefiels of the 
Brain ; for the Pungency and Irritation of 
the olfadtory Nerves lying fo near the Brain, 
vibrates its Nerves, and helps them to fhake 
off fome Part of that tough Load, and in- 
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