Note 71 — Chapter IV · OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE DEATH OF THE HEART OVER THAT OF ALL THE ORGANS.
F. Gold translation
When the passage of the arterial blood to a muscle is stopped, a more or less complete numbness soon takes place; and this effect is too sudden to be attributed to the want of nutrition; and as certainly it is not owing to the want of agitation by the pulsations of the small arteries; for if, the artery is left free, and a ligature is applied upon the vein, the pulsations are increased rather than diminished and yet the numbness appears as quick as before.
When the muscle has been a long time without receiving blood, gangrene seizes upon it; and this can then be attributed, in great measure, to the want of nutrition. The diminution of the temperature, which necessarily takes place in an organ in which the blood is not renewed, must also contribute to this disorganization.