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SALUTARY EFFECTS OP GESTATION. 



other "vital 



iliac ttoasy 



and even the 



!»abiHty from 



fullness of 

 blood. 



NesTousneis. 



Influence of 

 gestation iu a' 

 carriage. 



Striking ki- 

 Sit2iice of it. 



supported in arty laborious effort, that may have become 

 necessary by sotne obstacle to its exertions ; it is assisted in 

 the great work of restoring a system, which has recently 

 Struggled with some violent attack ; or it is allowed, as it 

 were, to rest from a labour, to which it is unequal, when 

 the powers of life are nearly exhausted by any lingering 

 disorder. 



In the relief thus afforded to an organ so essential to life, 

 all other vital functions must necessarily participate ; and 

 the various offices of secretioti, and assimilation, by what- 

 ever means they are performed, will not fail to be promoted 

 during such comparative repose from laborious exertion. 



Even the powers of the mind itself, though apparently 

 least likely to be influenced by mere mechanical means, are 

 manifestly, and in many persons, affected most immediately 

 by these kinds of motion. 



It is not only in cases of absolute deficiency of power to 

 carry on the customary circulation, that the beneficial effects 

 of gestation are felt, but equally so, when comparative ina- 

 bility arises from redundancy of matter to be propelled. 

 When from fulness of blood the circulation is obstructed, 

 the whole system labours under a feeling of hurry and agi- , 

 tation, with that sensibility to sudden impressions, which is 

 usually termed nervousness. The mind becomes incapable 

 of any deliberate consideration, and is impressed with hor- 

 yours, that have no foundation but in a distempered imagi- 

 nation. 



It is in moderate degrees of this species of affection, that 

 the advantages of carriage exercise are most sensibly felt. 

 The composed serenity of mind, that succeeds to the pre- 

 vious alarm, is described by some persons with a degree of 

 satisfaction, that evinces the decided influence of the 

 remedy. With this steadier tone of mind returns its full 

 power of ccH>l reflection ; and if the imagination becomes 

 more alive than usual, ^ts activity is now employed in con- 

 ceiving scenes, that are amusing and agreeable. 



As an instance of direct relief to a circulatioii labouring 

 from mere fulness of blood, 1 may adduce that of a person, 

 whofce friends, as well as himself, v/ere apprehensive, fiona 

 the violent and visible throbbing of hjs heart, of the 



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