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done, why parts that are continuous, contiguous, 

 or remote, are at times simultaneously affected ; 

 why the same or different membranes are al- 

 ternately or reciprocally influenced by disease ; 

 why disease in one organ induces derangement 

 in another ; and why the aberration of one func- 

 tion occasionally implicates the whole system. 



CCCCLXXVII. There is scarcely a cot d c ion 

 of the body that is not produced by sympathetic 

 action ; irritations, inflammations, dropsies, fe- 

 vers, delirium, hemorrhagies, and a variety of 

 other affections, are said to be examples of its in- 

 fluence. 



CCCCLXXVIII. The consideration of hemor- 

 rhagy, as the first illustration of Sanguineous sym- 

 pathy, will occupy the present chapter. 



This disease has been divided into the active 

 and passive ; in the former, we have generally a 

 slight degree of febrile action, an accelerated or 

 full pulse, a sensation of heaviness or oppres- 

 sion in the chest or head ; but in many instances 

 the flow of blood is neither preceded nor accom- 

 panied by any of these symptoms : the other 

 seems to take place without an increased action 

 of the circulation, occurring most frequently in 

 debilitated habits or organs. 



Many objections have been brought forward 

 against this division. Although it be not strictly 

 correct, yet its adoption is considerably less in- 



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