informed me of M. Lorain s work on the pulse, in which a sphygmogram of
a woman in a rage is given; and this shows much difference in the rate
and other characters from that of the same woman in her ordinary
state.]
310 (return) [ How powerfully intense joy excites the brain, and how
the brain reacts on the body, is well shown in the rare cases of
Psychical Intoxication. Dr. J. Crichton Browne ( Medical Mirror, 1865)
records the case of a young man of strongly nervous temperament, who,
on hearing by a telegram that a fortune had been bequeathed him, first
became pale, then exhilarated, and soon in the highest spirits, but
flushed and very restless. He then took a walk with a friend for the
sake of tranquillising himself, but returned staggering in his gait,
uproariously laughing, yet irritable in temper, incessantly talking,
and singing loudly in the public streets. It was positively ascertained
that he had not touched any spirituous liquor, though every one thought
that he was intoxicated. Vomiting after a time came on, and the
half-digested contents of his stomach were examined, but no odour of
alcohol could be detected. He then slept heavily, and on awaking was
well, except that he suffered from headache, nausea, and prostration of
strength.]
311 (return) [ Dr. Darwin, Zoonomia, 1794, vol. i. p. 148.]
312 (return) [ Mrs. Oliphant, in her novel of Miss Majoribanks, p.
362. All this reacts on the brain, and prostration soon follows with
collapsed muscles and dulled eyes. As associated habit no longer
prompts the sufferer to action, he is urged by his friends to voluntary
exertion, and not to give way to silent, motionless grief. Exertion
stimulates the heart, and this reacts on the brain, and aids the mind
to bear its heavy load.]
401 (return) [ See the evidence on this head in my Variation of
Animals and Plants under Domestication, vol. i. p. 27. On the cooing
of pigeons, vol. i. pp. 154, 155.]
402 (return) [ Essays, Scientific, Political, and Speculative, 1858.
The Origin and Function of Music, p. 359.]
403 (return) [ The Descent of Man, 1870, vol. ii. p. 332. The words
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