Volume 1

A dissertation on the influence of the passions upon disorders of the body. Being the essay to which the Fothergillian Medal was adjudged / [William Falconer].

  • William Falconer
Date:
1796
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Credit: A dissertation on the influence of the passions upon disorders of the body. Being the essay to which the Fothergillian Medal was adjudged / [William Falconer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 3e@3-4 ] altered in its nature, which is mani- fefted by the change of temper, de- privation of appetite,- and in fome perfons of underftanding : which are ‘undoubtedly owing to the ftate above- mentioned. Whether this can be afcribed to the diftention of the uterus, and its confequent preffure, both on_ the nerves that contribute to form its proper ftru€ture, and on thofe of the vifcera in general, or perhaps to fome other caufe more direét and f{pecific, we have not yet fufficient knowledge of the human frame and conftitution to determine. But though we cannot account for the mode of operation, we may reafonably conclude, that in the irregular and weak ftate of nerves incident to this fituation, the debilita- ting paflions muft be remarkably dan- iE 4 gerous,