ly to become so soon accumulated,
as after drunkenness, or exposure to great heat, or to great light; in the
latter a great accumulation of sensorial power occurs, as after exposure to
cold, or hunger, or darkness.

Hence when the stomach continues torpid by previous violent stimulus, as in
the exhibition of digitalis, no accumulation of sensorial power of
irritation supervenes; and in consequence the motions of the heart and
arteries, which are associated with those of the stomach, become weak, and
slow, and intermittent, from the defect of the excitement of the sensorial
power of association. But what follows? as the actions of the heart and
arteries are lessened by the deficient action of the sensorial power of
association, and not by previous increased excitement of it; a great
accumulation of the sensorial power of association occurs, which is exerted
on the pulmonary and cutaneous absorbents by reverse sympathy, and produces
a great absorption of the fluid effused into the cellular membrane in
anasarca, with dry skin; constituting one kind of atrophy.

But if at the same time the secerning vessels of the stomach are stimulated
into so violent activity as to induce great consequent torpor, as probably
happens when contagious matter is swallowed into the stomach with our
saliva, those of the heart and arteries act feebly from the deficient
excitement of the power of association; and then the cutaneous and
pulmonary secerning vessels act with greater force than natural, owing to
the accumulation of the sensorial power of association; and unnatural heat
of the skin, and of the breath succeed; but without frequency of pulse,
constituting the paresis irritativa of Class I. 2. 1. 2. And lastly, if a
paucity of blood attends this paresis, or some other cause inducing a
frequency of pulse, the febris inirritativa, or fever with weak pulse, is
produced.

But on the contrary when the stomach has previously been rendered torpid by
defect of stimulus, as by hunger, if food be too hastily supplied, not only
great exertion of the stomach itself succeeds, but fever with strong pulse
is induced in consequence; that is, the heart and arteries are excited into
more energetic action by the excess of the power of association, which
catenates their motions with those of the stomach. For the redundancy of
sensorial power of irritation, which was accumulated during the inactivity
of the stomach, and is now called into action by stimulus