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{

That the State of Captain BLIGH, and his
Company, was that of ACCUMULATED IRRI-
TABILITY is ftrongly pointed out, -

1ft. From one Tea-fpoonful of Rum pro-
ducing so GREAT AN EFFECT, -

2d. From the Berries found in New Hol

land occafioning SYMPTOMS OF IN

546

ib.

ib.

ib.

3d. By the general Want of Sleep, and
that producing no Refreshment,

During the last War in India TIPPOO SULTAN

released Lieutenants CHALMERS and NASH,
in order that they might take two Letters
to treat for Peace with the Marquis CORN-

WALLIS,

547

This was done in the Hopes of lulling the Commander into a treacherous Security, ib.

As the NIZAMS were ftationed at fome Diftance, a Party of TIPPOO SULTAN'S Horfe ftole betwixt the two Armies, and asked for the Burra Said or Chief,

{Not fufpecting them to be Enemies they

pointed to his Tent,

Thefe Horsemen then gallopped immediately towards the Tent, and having drawn their Swords, cut down several Lascars and People in their Rout,

ib.

ib.

ib.

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Their Progress, however, was foon stopt, but they got off, having sustained very little Lofs,

This Scheme is not unfrequently practised in

the Eaft,

The Mahomedan Horse, when sent upon fuch

Services, are kept fafting, and then intoxi-
cated with Bang, of which they have a
large Dose before they enter upon fo ha--
zardous an Enterprise,

This Inebriation renders their Exertions fo wild and difunited, that it is impoffible for them ever to prove successful against a vigilant Enemy,

fIt was thus in former Days, when the Jefuits

wanted any defperate A&t of Wickedness
to be done, they fhut up the man, whom
they had pitched upon to accomplish it,
into a Chamber lighted with a small glim-
mering Taper, hung with black Cloth, on
which were painted Hell-flames and
Devils, and all Manner of terrible Shapes.
Here he fafted and meditated for twenty-
four Hours, after which he had an intoxi-

cating Draught, was told his Errand, and
not unfrequently it was Murder,

548

ib.

ib.

ib.

549

The Bravery of SEXTIUS BACULUS, as recorded in Cæfar's Commentaries, is fuppofed, by Dr. PERCIVAL, to be owing in fome Measure to this Caufe,

The Story of a Physician at Geneva who fasted

three Days and Nights,

{The Symptoms that arose in consequence,

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ib.

ib.

550

The first Food he took was veal Broth, which had an intoxcating Effect, producing a Glow of Warmth, and raising his Spirits, so as to render him afhamed of his Defpondency, ib. HIPPOCRATES obferves, that Abftinenee affects People according to their Age,

The Reafon of this explained and exemplified by the affecting Story of Count UGOLINO, who was confined with his four Sons in a Tower; the Key of which being caft into the River Arno, they are, in this horrible Situation, ftarved to Death,

In the Attempts to recover those who have fuffered under the Calamities of FAMINE, great Circumfpection is required,

{The

The Body, by long Fafting, is reduced to a
State of EXTREME IRRITABILITY, -

Under fuch Circumftances, there are Inftances
of Perfons who have been fuddenly fruck
dead in confequence of having took a full
Meal, and drank a Glass of Brandy,

ib.

551

ib.

ib.

ib.

As

As with thofe who have been Froft-bitten,
Friction with Snow or cold Water, is the
only fafe Stimulus that can at first be ap-
-plied to the Surface, fo here the lowest
Stimulus in the Scale is preferable to that
fudden Tranfition too often practised by
UNPHILOSOPHIC PRACTITIONERS,

The external Heat fhould be at firft lower
than that of the human Body, and gradu-
ally incrcafed, according to the Effects of
that Stimulus, -

Whey, Gruel, weak Broth, is the only Nourish-
ment that can with propriety be adminifter-
ed. If Cordials are employed, they must
be given with a moft frugal Hand, and
confiderably diluted,

SECT. XLV. ON ASPHYXIA FROM COLD.

PAGE

ib.

552

ib.

{"

One Half of the World thinks not on the Mi-
Series of the other Half, -

553

{4

An Enumeration of DISTRESSES going on in
this tranfitory Scene,

ib.

Of the Man loft in the Snow, where he pe

rifhed,

ib.

{of

When through Expofure to Cold, the Fingers,
or other external Parts of the Body, are
frozen, if artificial Heat be fuddenly applied,
a Mortification enfues, and the Parts that
have been FROST-BITTEN drop off,

555 A Com

Both are restored by,

1. Inflating the Lungs with Vital Air,

2. By a gentle Degree of Warmth,

555

ib.

ib.

ib.

3. Both are deftroyed by a Heat too great,
or too fuddenly applied,

(Indeed the GRAND SECRET of the ART
of restoring fufpended Animation confifts in

NICELY ADJUSTING THE NATURAL AND
ARTIFICIAL STIMULI TO THE EXACT TONE
OF THE IRRITABLE FIBRE,

SECT. XLVI. OF THE INSTITUTION OF THE
HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE RE-
COVERY OF PERSONS APPARENTLY

VOL. III.

DEAD.

The Intereft which the Faculty in particular and all
others ought to take to improve the Art of RESTOR-
ING ANIMATION,

n

On the Emotions arifing from recovering a
Perfon, who before was to all appearance

dead,

k

ib.

556

557