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gives to the face. At this stage of anger, it is 

 not uncommon for the heart to palpitate ; and 

 this irregularity arises from the more stimulating 

 nature of the blood. The internal cavities of 

 this organ, and the coronary arteries, receive a 

 more than usual excitation, and therefore the 

 function to which they contribute is influenced 

 accordingly. 



CCCC. If the violence of anger be long con- 

 tinued, we remark a different train of symp- 

 toms. The countenance is swollen, and of a 

 livid aspect ; the respiration becomes deep and 

 laborious, and the individual often applies his 

 hand to the prascordial region, from the pain or 

 oppression which he feels in this situation. Ex- 

 pirations having exceeded inspirations to a pain- 

 ful extent, necessarily prevent the free return 

 of blood from the head and other parts of the 

 body ; and this fluid, in a short time, accumulates 

 and occasions that bloated expression to which I 

 have alluded. 



CCCCI. I have spoken only of one species 

 of anger. There is another* which is more 

 rare, and has often been fatal, from destroying 

 the action of the heart. It is that in which an 

 individual scarcely utters a word, and in which 

 he exhibits extreme paleness. When an emotion 

 is very intense, it seldom spends itself in idle 

 words ; it absorbs too much of the mind to vent 

 its indignation in momentary expressions ; and, 

 instead of being a stimulant it becomes a seda- 



