New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-19
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Thn ISsnasiY SNeat.

I'LL eminent English physician, DR.. stoud, has
written i work on the = Physical Causes Of the
n Death III Christi He discusses 4 The Bloody
Sweat and /. The Piercing Of the Heart The
Methodist Quarterly Review in reviewing the work
furnishes some historical illustrations of the bloody
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e die cofporeaI effects Of intense emotion. The
author, III brief, gives the rationale of this phe-
n0fnsnen, and then cites number of cases in
q which II actually occurred
q EeFxpiration, both sensible and insenaiblc takes
Y place from the mouths OF small regularly orgaa-
xed Hbes, which perorate he skin in all parts Of
the bodS. terminating In blind exTenlites inter
nailF, and hy inHmuerable ori9ces on the onter
sarfacas Tkese tunes are surrounded by net
w0fk df minute vessels. penetrated by the ultimate
administrations of arteries which, according to the
force of ille local circulation, depending chiefly on
that part Of tae heaFt discharge either the watery
parts Of the bleod in state of vapor, lis grosser
ingredients in the sosn Of glutinous liquid, or,
extreme Gases, The entire blood Itself. The infu-
ence at faie inyigaratng passions more especially
Ii Familiarity illustrated by the process of hlushing
ter from shame or anger, for, during this state
M tEe heart beats strongly, the surface of the body
becomes hot ana red, and. ii the emotion is very
n powerful breaks ont into warm and copious per
spirAsson, tas rstssap towards a bleeding sweat
IrAysieai Cause pp5 65ss.
lag 0f blood show that the authors philosophy Isl
~ uvt without ils accompanying facts. The hrevity
required OF VIA Will permit only condensed state
4 meat of d few of the instances cited BY bin.
An Italian officer, in 1865, threatened with pub
Hc execution, was SO agitated at the prospect of
III ignonfinions death, that he sWeated blood from
every part Of the body
vouDg Fierentfne uniustly ordered to be put
III aeath hy Pope Sextns ", when led to execution,
q through excess Of grief was observed to shed
Il bl90dy tears, and 10 discharge blood instead Of
d swsAs from his whole hady--a circumstance which
snAy hs regarded as certain proof that nature
das1aea tic severity III the sentence 30 cruelty
hastenea. and invDked yeng against the magis
frase himself as therein guilty Of murder.n
1 the Eishe ulerides. it is stated that 81 young
bUy haging taken part in Q crino for which two Of
hia elder brothers were hanged, was exposed to
public view nader the gailows on which they were
exeGMtads and was there observed to sweat blood
tFom biz whole BODY Maldonato mentions a
foh9st and healthy man iii Paris, who, on hearing
sentence of deafh passed upon him, was covered
with bloody sweat @
Other instances Of the aane kind arc also ON re-
NJ cord. Shenck gives the case of a ssnun who fell
inEothe hands OF sosaiers; and, on seeing herself
encolnpassed with swords and daggers, threaten
Ing instant de- 9TH, 80 tefriled and agated that
6ie disc chArged blood from every part Of her body,
aaJ died Of henlofrhage in the sight Of her assail
ants. The case of a sailor is also given, who
was 80 alarmed by storm that, through fear he
fei down, aud his face sweated with blood, which,
during the whole continuance Of the storm, re-
6StHrm8d lite ordinary Swaat.n
Gathering heriin, Of Ghambarg, at the age of
forty -sfx. being stEong and hale, received d kick
if9fu bullock in the pit OF the stomach. which
ztS i3ii0AFAd oy Vulftlhi19 bf0Dus IhtS naYing
beea suddeniy stopped By her medical attendants, ,
tie blood made It's way through tho pores of vari,
xsaa parts Of her body. the discharge occurring
usually twice IN 1welfysfonr hours. II wes pre-
ceeaed by priekly sensation, and pressure the
Ahia would accelerate the flow, and increase tie
/ quantity pf hiodd. TIE Medico Cti.trgicat Re
essta or October, 1881, gives the case Of female
hsstefia, who, hen the hysteric paroxysm was
psotracsaa, was also subject to the blood perspra-
fion. And III this case she continued, at different
ancs, 10 bn affected with itfor three months when
Il gave way to local bleeding and strong revulsive
measures.
Bnt the case Of the wfefched Charles *. OF
France is one Of the most striking that has yet
occurred. The account is thus given by DeMeze-
ray After tho sigor Of his youth and the energy
" His courage had long struggled against his dis.
ease be was at length reduced by it TO his bed at
:. the Castle Of Vincennes, about the 8th Of May,
- IA During the last two weeks Of his life his
consfitution made strange efforts. He was affected
with spasmH and commissions of extreme violence.
He tossed and gtated himself continually and his
blood gnshed from all the outlets Of his body, even
from the pores of his skin; 50 that, on one occa-
sion, he ives found bathed in bloody sweat