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even week?, the flomach rejecting every thing fli- 

 niulant, even opium or alcohol, together with 

 much vifcicl mucus ; till the inflammation at length 

 ceafes, as happens when other membranes, as thofe 

 of the joints, are the feat of gouty inflammation ; 

 as obferved in Sett. XXIV. 2. 8. 



The fympathy or aflbciation of motions, between 

 thofe of the flomach and thofe of the heart, are 

 evinced in many difeafes. Firfl, many people are 

 occafionally affected with an intermiffion of their 

 pulfe for a few days, which then ceafes again. In 

 this cafe there is a (top of the motion of the heart, 

 and at the fame time a tendency to eructation from 

 the flomach. As foon as the patient feels a ten- 

 dency to the intermiffion of the motion of his heart, 

 if he voluntarily brings up wind from his flomach, 

 the flop of the heart does not occur. From hence 

 I conclude that the flop of digeflion is the primary 

 difeafe ; and that air is inflantly generated from the 

 aliment, which begins to ferment, if the digeflive 

 procefs is impeded for a moment, (fee Sect. XX1IL 

 4.) ; and that the flop of the heart is in confe- 

 quence of the aflbciation of the motions of thefe 

 vifcera, as explained in Sect. XXXV. i. 4. ; but if 

 the little air, which is inflantly generated during 

 the temporary rorpor of the flomach, be evacuated, 

 the digeflion recommences, and the temporary 

 torpor of the heart does not follow. One patient, 

 \vhom I lately faw, and who had been five or fix 

 days much troubled with this intermiffion of a pul- 

 fation of his heart, and who had hemicram*a with 

 fome fever, was immediately relieved from them all 

 by lofing ten ounces of blood, which had what is 

 termed an inflammatory crud on it. 



Another inftance of this aflbciation between the 

 motions of the flomach and heart is evinced by the 

 exhibition of an over dofe of foxglove, which in- 

 duces an inceflant vomiting, which is attended with 



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