Reaumur, who made several trials on this animal, has at least convinced the world that it is not necessarily, but by an effort, that the Torpedo benumbs the hand of him that touches it.
Such is the unaccountable power it possesses, that, the instant it is touched, it benumbs not only the hand and arm, but sometimes also the whole body.
The latter also benumbs and paralyzes judgment and reason.
On the other hand, the first action of a cold-water spray is depressing; it sends the blood into the interior of the body andbenumbs the surface.
Think how a series of desponding cares Benumbs the genius and its force impairs.
His enemies may say, that the dulness of his verses bears some resemblance to the torpedo, and benumbs or kills whatever touches it.
A hungry man takes a drink of whiskey and benumbs the nerves of his stomach so that he does not feel hungry.
It benumbs and paralyzes the nerves, and it is by this means that it obtains such an influence over those who use it.
Repeated failure gradually benumbs hope and willpower and effort, like some ghoulish vampire sucking away a man's life-blood till he faint and die from very inanition.
Hard as my life was, it was fortunate I had no time for thoughts of self and so escaped the melancholy apathy that so often benumbs the lonely man's activities.
It gradually benumbs the conscience, and leads on, step by step, to those blacker vices at which the youth would once have shuddered.
It dries the mouth and nostrils, and probably the brain; benumbs the senses of smell and taste, impairs the hearing, and ultimately the eye-sight.
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