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thrown ashore, the news is instantly communicated 
to the adjacent hordes, who assemble from all 
quarters to riot on the blubber, till they become 
in some degree delirious. _ 
cCCLxxxI. Repletion impedes respiration, by 
preventing the descent of the diaphragm. 
cccLxxxt1. Much has been written on the sym- 
pathy between the intestinal canal and the der- 
moid system; and though I am not prepared to 
deny altogether this mutual influence of the 
central and peripheral surfaces of the human 
body, yet it exists most between the intestines 
and the extreme vessels, with which every viscus 
has a direct sympathy. 
cccLxxxul. The blood performs offices so im- 
portant in the animal economy, that any consider- 
able variation in its quantity, operates on the 
irritability of the organ in which it occurs. In 
temperate and cold climates the blood abounds in 
the viscera, and there the irritability of the intes- 
tines is brisk, and the evacuations free; but in 
tropical countries, the blood is most abundant in 
the extreme vessels, the contraction of the alimen- 
tary tube is feeble, and the evacuations scanty. 
There are consequently sound physiological rea- 
sons for the inhabitants of hot climates resorting 
to the use of aromatic spices, curries, and other 
highly-seasoned aliment, to excite a slight deter- 
mination of blood to the intestines, and to 
