The Anatomy of Tobacco
mouth, nose, eyes, or ears taken separately or taken conjunctively."[1] In which definition I would direct your attention to the term "some part" as being significant, and, as far as I know, novel. For it is not necessary to smoking that the whole of the tobacco inhaled should be also exhaled—nay, it is impossible that this is ever the case, a certain portion of each inhalation being retained within the body, on which it exerts its nicotinic virtue.
Which observation recalls our attention to the subject under discourse—
- ↑ Namely, from the mouth alone, as is most common; from the mouth and nose, as is not uncommon; from the mouth and ears, which is rare; from the mouth and eyes, which is rarer, or from mouth, nose, ears, and eyes all at once, which is rarest. And since Scriblerus Redivivus was of the School of Oxford, he has, doubtless, many disciples in that place who will be prepared to do battle for his cause. Wherefore I do announce, proclaim, and promise that I am ready publicly to maintain and defend this thesis in the Schools of that University—viz., "That it is wholly and completely indifferent from which aperture of the face the smoke is emitted or exhaled, or whether it be exhaled from the right side of the mouth, the left side of the mouth, or the centre of the mouth." And on this question I would dispute with the Doctor Subtilis himself, so convinced and assured am I of the truth of my assertion.
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