e of the animal economy is worthy our most accurate attention.
Thus if the heart and arteries are deprived of their due quantity of the
stimulus of oxygene in the blood, a weak and quick pulse ensues, with an
accumulation of the sensorial power of irritation; next follows an increase
of the action of the capillaries by the superabundance of this accumulated
power of irritation; but there also exists an accumulation of the power of
association in these acting capillaries, which is not now excited by the
deficient actions of the heart and arteries; but which by its abundance
contributes to actuate the next link of association, which is the sick
stomach in the case related from Sydenham in Class IV. 1. 1. 2. and
explained in this Supplement I. 4. And as this sick stomach was in a
previous state of torpor, it might at the same time possess an accumulation
of some sensorial power, which, if it was of association, would be thus
more powerfully excited by the increased actions of the capillaries; which
existed in consequence of the weak action of the heart and arteries. This
also resembles in some respects the continued fevers with weak pulse, and
with increased activity of the capillaries.

4. When a torpor of some irritative motions occurs from a previous
exhaustion of the sensorial power of irritation by the action of some very
great stimulus, it is long before any accumulation of the sensorial power
of irritation is produced; as is experienced in the sickness and languor,
which continues a whole day after a fit of drunkenness. But nevertheless
there occurs an accumulation of the sensorial power of association in the
first link of the associate train of motions, which is catenated with these
torpid irritative ones; which accumulation is owing to deficient excitement
of that sensorial power in the first link of the associate train. This
first link therefore exists also in a less active or torpid state, but the
accumulation of the sensorial power of association by its superabundance
contributes to actuate the second link of the associate train with
unnatural quantity of motion; and that though its own natural quantity of
the power of association is not excited by the deficient action of
preceding fibrous motions.

When this happens to the stomach, as after its irritative motions have been
much exerted from the unnatural stimulus of wine, or opium, or of
contagious matter mixed with the saliva, a torpor or inactivity of it
suc