An inaugural dissertation on sympathy : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees & medical faculty, of the University of Pennsylvania, on the sixth day of June, 1799, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Arthur May, of Pennsylvania.

  • May, Arthur, -1812.
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1799
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on sympathy : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees & medical faculty, of the University of Pennsylvania, on the sixth day of June, 1799, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Arthur May, of Pennsylvania. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with some local sensation, or action; it is divided into three kinds : the continuous, contiguous, and remote. The continuous, is where there is no interruption of parts, and it runs from the imitating point, to be lost in the surrounding parts. The contiguous arises from the con- tact of separate parts. The remote is, where there appears no visible connection of parts; such as the pain of the shoulder in an inflammation of the liver. There are several remote sympathies* or consents, which are very remarkable ; existing throughout the system, like intelligences, suffering with remote parts and protecting them. One exists between the schneiderian membrane and dia- phragm, which suddenly removes irritating matter by sneezing. There is another important symphathy, or consent, be- tween the glottis and diaphragm, to remove the agents of suffocation. The retina being stimulated, the iris contracts, by sym- pathy, to protect it from injury. When the eye is irri- tated, the eye-lids convulsively and involuntarily close, to guard this delicate organ. A sympathy exifls between the lachrymal gland and nose ; for when the nose is irritated, this gland secretes profusely : it is also stimulated by affec- tions of the mind. There is a consent between the urethra and bladder: when the bladder contrafts the urethra re- laxes, and when the bladder relaxes the urethra contracts. One eye being inflamed, the other is irritated by sympathy.