174 ANALYTIC SECT. XIX. 
in pointing out this circumstance, as the errors 
of a good work are the most mischievous. 
ccccxxvil. After a hearty meal, there is gene- 
rally a disposition to repose, which is not confined 
to the human species ; most animals indulge in rest 
after eating, which accelerates digestion. The 
presence of food acts as an agreeable stimulus to 
the nerves of the stomach; there is a determination 
of blood to this organ, and here the vital force is. 
temporarily augmented. 
ccccxxIx. Digestion proceeding more rapidly in 
repose, does not, however, lead to the inference, 
that the decomposing power of the stomach is 
lessened by exercise; but violent exercise disturbs 
that determination of blood which should follow 
repletion. The secretion of the gastric juice must 
consequently be less abundant, and the liquid 
part of the alimentary mass speedily absorbed, to 
supply the waste of fluids by cuticular and pul- 
monary exhalations. ‘Thus, there is not sufficient 
menstruum left to liquify the pasty decomposi- 
tion of the solid food, and convey it through the 
pylorus in a chymous state. 
. ecccxxx. In the cold seasons, the determination 
of blood to the stomach is often such, as to bring 
on a thrilling sensation of cold in the extremities, 
which indicates a very active state of the digestive 
organs, In hot climates, there is no feeling of 
cold after eating; the expansion of the extreme 
