£ect. XXIX. i r . 8. ABSORBENTS. 2 7 i 



deduced : when the vafcular mufcles are not excited into their 

 due action by the natural ftimuli, we mould exhibit thofe med- 

 icines, which poiTefs a ftill greater degree of ftimulus ; amongft 

 thefe are the feetids, the volatiies, aromatics, bitters, metallic 

 falts, opiates, wine, which indeed fhould be given in fmall doles, 

 and frequently repeated. To thefe mould be added conftant^ 

 but moderate exercife, cheerfulnefs of mind, and change of coun- 

 try to a warmer climate ;• and perhaps occalionally the external 

 ftimulus of blifters. 



It is aifo frequently ufefu! to dhnimih the quantity of natur- 

 al ftimulus for a ihort time, by which afterwards the irritability 

 of the fyftem becomes increafed ; according to the third law of 

 irritation above mentioned, hence the ufe of baths fomewhat cold- 

 er than animal heat, and of equitation in the open air. 



The catalogue of difeafes Giving to the retrograde inotions of lymphat- 

 ics is here omitted, as it ivill appear in another place in this 

 *work. The following is the conclufion to this thefts of Mr 

 Charles Darwin. 



Thus have I endeavoured in a con'cife manner to explain the 

 numerous difeafes, which deduce their origin from the inverted 

 motions of the hollow mufcles of our bodies : and it is probable, 

 that Saint Vitus's dance, and the Hammering of fpeech, origin- 

 ate from a fimilar inverted order of the affociated motions of 

 fome of the folid mufcles ; which, as it is foreign to my prefent 

 purpofe, I (hall not here difcufs. 



I beg, illuftrious profefTors, and ingenious fellow-ftudents, that 

 you will recollect how difficult a ta& I have attempted, to evince 

 the retrograde motions of the lymphatic vefiels, when the vefTels 

 themfelves for fo many ages efcaped the eyes and glaffes of phi- 

 lofophers : and if you are not yet convinced of the truth of this 

 theory, hold, I entreat you, your minds in fufpenfe, till Anat- 

 omy draws her fword with happier omens, cuts afunder the knots, 

 which entangle Physiology ; and, like an augur infpectmg the 

 immolated viclim, announces to mankind the wifdom of 

 HEAVEN, 



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