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paereft trifles give me uneafinefs, and as 
the mind is equally irritable, I become 
fretful, petulant, uncivil, and intolerable. 
The demon which affli&ed Saul, probably 
was a bad ftate of his ftomach. A prince, 
a general, a judge, a phyflcian, become 
very redoubtable and dangerous beings in 
a moment of indigeftion. Women in 
general lofe their good temper during the 
time of menftrual evacuation, and if they 
happen to be hyflerical, the mobility of 
the fyftem is very fenfibly increafed. 
They ftied tears on the flighted; occafions, 
cannot bear to be trifled with, become 
gloomy and melancholy, are difgufted 
with and fly from the pleafures of fociety. 
Pregnancy renders them ftill more un¬ 
quiet and unfocial. In this ftate, all their 
^caprices rauft be overlooked and excufed. 
I was once told by a married woman, that 
whilft flie was pregnant, her hufband, 
whom fhe loved with the utmoft tender- 
nefs, 
