1805. These kind, because they are devoted to themselves alone, are therefore most powerfully motivated by self-love, and persecute and hate others who do not indulge them. They are these fluids that accumulate in the ventricles, causing deadly harm. For like those fluids, they are gathered together and distend the cavities, and thus inhibit the functioning of the nerves, depriving the blood of its liquids and spirits; so they are deadly.