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It is a remarkable fact that diseases of the heart are naturally confined to the human race-, though in domestic animals ^ exposed to moderate muscular exertions , such as the horse , the heart is frequently found diseased : In wild animals diseases of the vascular system have seldom or never been observed . In mankind , tne heart ' s action is so frequently interrupted by their habits ana passions , that from the influences of the blood on every organ , the heart becomes the seat of many diseases , and the exciting cause ot disturbances in their organs . The various irregularities and unequal distribution of the blood , which inevitably result from these changes , xiltimately create derangement of structure aS i well as disturb the function of those organs whose circulation lias been disordered . Diseases of the heart are more frequent , than is usually
It is another curious fact that the size of the heart varies in different persons , as also at different ' period * , of life , lticherand says , that according- to the size of the heart , it is supposed a man is strong or weak and lias more or less moral courage . J he heart is more ' powerful in courageous animals than in the feeble and in the timid . Hence , he remarks ,. the common expression of a person having the heart to . make any great effort . The heart , though the source of sensibility is itself next to insensible , even in disease . Even when the ' heart is-seriously disturbed * there is little
or no local pain , the uneasiness in breathing and the other symptoms arising from Changes in the distribution of the blood . It must , however , be considered a central nervous organ , which may be illustrated in the nervous system of animals , the structure of which goes far to prove the position . In many , for instance , of the inveitebrata , nervous centres , consisting of detachedganglia , or connected by nerve fibres , are placed in different parts of their body , each of the ganglia ; supplying a particular part , which part can act separately , or . in conjunction with others . Each organ is independent of the brain , and can live after it has beeii ^ separated froiii it ; but whilst the body of the animal remains entire , all the organs perform their functions conjointly .
Irregularities in sleep and waking are symptoms of heart disease . Insonmolence is one of the most distressing symptoms which often accompany a disordered heart . The quantity of sleep required is , however , different in different individuals . Men generally spend one-thiTd of their time in sleep ; exceptions are nevertheless frequent . The celebrated John Hunter only slept five -hours . A man , not named * is said never to have slept , and yet he enjoyed good health , living till his seventy-third year ; he had a kind of dozing for about a quarter of an hour once a day-, wlii . ch-. was all the-rest- he was ever known to take . Napoleon found a single hour of sleep sufficient to restore him . after twenty-four hours' fatigue ; -he . could also fall asleep at will . Somnambulism is , , also , an effect of a
disordered heart , it is a condition of the cerehrp-spinal system in which some only of the organs of that system are awake , llie Chinese pay great attention to the heart ' s pulse , and Dr . Wardrop is strongly convinced that the habit of examining ^ the arterial pulse , in place of the beats of the heart , has been a fruitful source of error in the practice of medicine . The arterial pulse is , indeed , felt only for information on the state of the central org-an of circulation . Some common expressions in reference to the state of the heart are pathologically correct j such arc " a full heart / ' " a heart ready to burst . " The heart'is in a state of congestion when an increase in its cavities has taken ' place , beyond a certain limit , and when they have no longer the power to empty themselves sutR- '
eiently . Those who are fond of the- pleasant exercise of dancing will be tflad to learn that its exhilarating effects are good for tho heart . Indeed all kinds of bodily exercise are beneficial . Walking invigorates the mind after . fatigue j . driving in a carriage has an excite ing influence . A gallop across tho boundless desert is perfectly intoxicating—it produces a sensation approaching to rapture , which is inconceivable . Muscular movements on the ovutor aro alike most influential . " Hia , gestures keep pace with lus mental excitement , and liis gesticulations become more extravagant in proportion us ho becomes impassioned j tlio heart thus acquiring an increase in the quantity of its blood , and consequently tho brain receiving n proportionately increased supply of the vital fluid . " Thus it is that muscles , by their contractions , increase tho <| uantity of arterial blood in tho heart ; and our author i » surprised thut tity of arterial blood in tho heart ; and our author i » surprised thut
physiologists , when endeavouring to account for tho beneficial influence of various exoreiseti , though" they were aware that such pxereiscs increased tho return of the venous blood to the control organ of tho circulation , should not huvo advanced a atop further , and con-Hidorcd what must be the effect of * tho contractions of muscles 0 " those arteries which are adjacent to them . On tho pathology of tho heart thoro is no work capable of competition with tho present . It is comploto in till its parts , well arranged , and written in so lucid a stylo , thut tho unprofessional way readily understand tho full volutions of tho argument . On this account , if on no other , tho book would bo a valuable gift *<> tbo public ; but , combinod with tho numerous oxcolloncios that it pos-HcsneHi , it cannot bo prized too lug-lily , and ou ^ lifc to be found on tho shelf of ovory adequate library .
832 The Saturday Analyst And Leader. [Se...
832 The Saturday Analyst and Leader . [ Sept . , I 860
Tentative " N(5yjl2l "Whiting.* Npillijl...
TENTATIVE N ( 5 yJl 2 L "WHITING . * npilliJliKI aro Homo novola which , though they exhibit no grout J . sluH in tho pourtrtiyul of tho difforoAt paBnions and onuHionn , and little acquaintance with human nature in its vuHouh
contrarieties , yet through- the mere force of the earnestness of the writer , and the evident good will with which he or she has entered upon their undertaking , together with a natural flow : of language , and a certain dramatic power in the arrangement of the materials of the story , succeed in gradually exciting the interest of the reader in behalf" of the several individuals which compose the drama . There is also an indescribable charm in the freshness and impulsiveness of feeling which particularly characterise the works-of . young writers '; and though we may discover here and there certain incongruities and shortcomings , which betray the inexperienced hand , yet the mind naturally skims lightly over these weaker portions , and dwells with all the greater zest and enjoyment upon the parts in which are depicted :. ll the vivacity and spontaneity of a young enthusiastic artist . ' " Over the Cliff ' s , " by Charlotte Chanter , is a fair specimen
of the- kind of novel we have described : The authoress possesses considerable talent , and it is not difficult to perceive that her heart is thoroughly in 'her-work ; there are , however , certain errors and inconsistencies in her story , and the manner , in which it is developed , which , with further experience in her art , she will not be so liable to fall into . For instance , the character of the elder Pmvson is not onlv somewhat exaggerated , but is besides scarcely kept up and sustained with sufficient power and ingenuity . This man , who has early engendered habits of intemperance , which render him subject to violent paroxysms of passion , to one of which his wife had formerly fallen a victim , though the deed had at the time been hushed up , and the murderer -allowed to escape the fangs of justice , cherishes within his breast an intense hatred of his only daughter ( irace or Gralicnw , whom he subjects , not only morally but physically , to treatment at
once cowardly , brutal , and inhuman :. Thus in air . early , part of the first -volume we find this monster of iniquity striking the uulucky ¦ obieet of his spleen , then a child ten years of age , mercilessly across the head and shoulders with a heavy ' hunting- -whip ,., wilfully lacerating and disfiguring , undeterred by any conscientious scruples , the offspring of his own flesh and blood . - . -Again ,-when the young lady has attained the age of sixteen , ' we ' - find her , for some comparatively slight offence , suddenly struck to the ground by a blow oil the temple , administered by the hand of her infuriated parent , who , thereupon , without summoning any assistance , turns the key upon the unhappy girl , leaving her to lie in a state of insensibility till the ensuing morning . Such a character necessarily requires to be strongly delineated . Either it should be sfimpthinir Or nothhie :: either it should be worked out deliberately ,
Svitliout reluctance or hesitation , or it should be dispensed with altogether . Miss Chanter seems to have been alarmed at the monstrosity of her own conception ; and consequently at . different portions of her narrative , when tho . brutalities of the-above-named individual are about to become particularly glaring , she suddenly draws in , with a kind of half apology , implied rather .-than expressed , as though she . were fearful of offending too far against the natural feelings and prejudices of her readers . Ultimately , Mr . Dawson , supposing himself to have been the immediate cause of his daughter ' s death , falls into a state of idiocy , and , of course , dies miserably . Miss Chanter is , however , more smceessful in some of her other characters ; that of the heroine Grace herself , with her bitter sorsows . asrainst which she bears up heroically , with true Spartan
fortitude of soul , her wild energy of disposition , her generous mi ' piUsivencss of heart;—inheriting sonic of her JsfllierV violence ol temper , but . softened and toned down by a true womanly instinct , and . a deep solicitude for the feelings and happiness of other * ; over screening her father , and jealously confining tin ; secret of her wrongs to her own breast , when a word spoke in public would have drawn around her a host of sympathising friends , and m'rhap .- < protectors— were not unworthy the pen of many a moro celebrated and generally-accepted nuveliat . The character of Xily Fowler is iilso ably and artistically drawn , and her history forms i \ melancholy but interesting episode in tho book . .,,,, Sailor k
A reprint of Lund ami Sea T « 7 es , by the " Old -Uor known as tho author of tho " Warlock , " " Tough Yarns /' Ac , Iiiih just npnoared in lloiitlodgo ' s chonp edition of novels . The tales iji this volume , which comprise " Tho ^ armor ' s Dau ^ rhtov , ' " I I'i-mik tho Heads , " " Dolvoir Cattle , " " The ( inmt 1 M 1 , " hi »« 1 " Jlw Painter of Dort , " aro all written und ccnistvuctcd wi < li consKk-rnlilo power and ingenuity . Tho first on this li « t . " Tho I ' lirmcvs Daughter . " mailu \\\) as it is of all kinds of startling incidents , nut ; j as KOtluction , robbery , murder , itc , has already found , and will doubtless still continuo to find , hosts ot lulnurvrn unions a lurtfu circle of readers , wlio « o tustos lio . in a somewhat nieloclnunatio nii'l- 'i - tion .
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Odd Jouuneys. *1* A Wohk Under Tho Above...
ODD JOUUNEYS . 1 * A WOHK under tho above title , by Mr . irollin ^ h ^ ul , Jiji- * in J vaded , and vory . sueeoHHnilly , uoninarativrlv now gi ''" , ' , ' is composed of n Holootion of articles contributed to Mi ' - l- > ii'icua » . porioclical , tuking thoHo only which dealt with « particular cuwh u HuhjcctH , such as travelling ' in odd places , or under odd i-irciiin-Htiiricos—;>; nd oinbodied the author « ' own pornonal experience * . " opened tho book with the oxnectntiou of being -both iiwtrueteu u m umuHod ; nor luivo wo been disappointed . Mr . 'Hulling ! wu , IM ,, ' !' of thowe writers , produced by tho exigences of' tho-iwriomcni 1 «< - "J who iti niortt nnt in reporting 1 Hoiuiitillc mjcl » ooi « l protfreHj , . u \ u popularising stsiontilio uiHcovory , thun milking nppuar cany io reador what has really been difHoult to the tonohoi ' . No > njin ' »' ducoH ( his kindof article in bettor wtylo , and wo onnnot noip yiirdingr Mr . XXolilnvMlioud in the light of a public buuelactor .
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* Odd , Juurni > i / a In ami out London . }\ y John | IvUliitfii » i ««« l' < - ' i ' uoml"" " ° iind tfuun .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 29, 1860, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29091860/page/8/
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