... kind of herbe dryed, which, with a cane and an earthen cup in the end, with fire and the dryed herbes put together, do sucke thorow the cane the smoke thereof, which smoke satisfieth theirhunger." ... applied to the interior of the mouth, whether in the form of cud or of smoke, this narcotic musttend to enfeeble the gums, and the membrane covering the necks and roots of the teeth, and, in this ... mother's finger touched the part affected, the eyes of the little patient were rolled up in their sockets, she sallied back, and in the act offalling, was caught by the alarmed mother. The...