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skin is induced, and a decreased energy in the action of 

 the heart and arteries, the sahva, and the mucus from 

 the bronchial vessels are secreted in much greater quan- 

 tities than in health, or when the stomach is composed. 

 As the stomach is excited into more violent action, vom- 

 iting is induced, and an increased action takes place in 

 the heart and arteries. This produces a prickly sensation 

 over the whole surface of the body, and usually an uni- 

 versal sweat ensues. 



2. When the stomach of a person considerably debil- 

 itated becomes very empty, so as to excite severe hun- 

 ger, a universal paleness spreads over the whole surface 

 of the body. The pulse beats feebly and frequently, 

 vertigo affects the head, the hands are in a continual 

 tremor, and a great increase takes place in the secretion 

 of the saliva. 



3. Persons subject to tremors of the hands find tem- 

 porary relief, from strong tinctures of the Peruvian Bark, 

 or Colombo, or from a little good wine or brandy. 



4. Syncope or fainting, occasioned by acrimony in the 

 stomach, or by agitation of mind, or by inhaling an at- 

 mosphere vitiated by the respiration of a multitude of 

 persons in a close room, may be usually relieved by a 

 little brandy and water, taken into the stomach, or by 

 dashing cold water on the face, or by volatile alkali held 

 to the nose. 



5. A small quantity of opium taken into the stomach 

 occasions sleep, before there is a possibility of its mix- 

 ing with the blood. An increased dose produces many 

 symptoms of apoplex}^ 



6. A glass of very pungent 'mall beer, or cyder, ta- 

 ken into the stomach after brisk exercise, in a hot day, 

 occasions a prickly sensation throughout the surface of 

 the whole body, in a few seconds, and often almost as 

 soon excites an universal sweat. 



7. When a person is much heated, and the circulation 

 of the blood is greatly quickened by exercise, in a hot 

 day, a large quantity of cold water taken into the stom- 

 ach, will in many instances, suddenly induce severe 

 «pasm, and tetanus, and the most powerful stimulants, 

 as laudanum and brandy, taken into the stomach, are the 

 remedies most relied upon for relief. 



