400 THE LAWS OF ORGANIC 



a, Sanguineous. 

 b 9 Sensorial. 

 c, Nervous. 

 d, Nervo-sen sorial. 



1. By the term Sanguineous Sympathy, I allude to af- 



fections produced and propagated by changes in the 

 nature, quantity, and circulation of the blood. 



2. By Sensorial Sympathy, I mean certain effects originat- 



ing in sensations or states of the mind subsequently 

 propagated through the medium of nerves : an ex- 

 ample of this division is the production of syncope 

 and vomiting from a mental cause. 



3. Nervous Sympathy is the propagation of certain effects 



accomplished by nerves alone, as in risus sardonicus, 

 arising from irritation or inflammation of the dia- 

 phragmatic nerve communicated to the seventh pair 

 of the face. 



4. Nervo-Sensorial isa term employed to explain phenomena 



which result from the irritation of a nerve or nerves, 

 of which the brain takes cognizance, and which 

 afterwards transmits its impressions to other organs 

 of the body. Vomiting is frequently an instance of 

 this reaction. 



CCCCLXXVII. The division proposed will 

 enable us to simplify the explanation of many 

 irregular actions or states of the body ; and if the 

 views and principles be found correct after ma- 

 ture examination, they are sure to suggest an 

 improved mode of treatment in many anomalous 

 and well marked-affections of the system. 



Sanguineous sympathy will shew, in a man- 

 ner more consistently than has hitherto been 



