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Birhanie Scavotto
I walked about the isle like a restless spectre, separated from all it lovedand miserable in the separation. When it became noon, and the sun rose higher,I lay down on the grass and was overpowered by a deep sleep. I had been awakethe whole of the preceding night, my nerves were agitated, and my eyes inflamedby watching and misery. The sleep into which I now sank refreshed me; and whenI awoke, I again felt as if I belonged to a race of human beings like myself,and I began to reflect upon what had passed with greater composure; yet stillthe words of the fiend rang in my ears like a death-knell; they appeared like adream, yet distinct and oppressive as a reality.
As my sickness quitted me, I was absorbed by a gloomy and black melancholy thatnothing could dissipate. The image of Clerval was for ever before me, ghastlyand murdered. More than once the agitation into which these reflections threwme made my friends dread a dangerous relapse. Alas! Why did they preserve somiserable and detested a life? It was surely that I might fulfil my destiny,which is now drawing to a close. Soon, oh, very soon, will death extinguishthese throbbings and relieve me from the mighty weight of anguish that bears meto the dust; and, in executing the award of justice, I shall also sink to rest.Then the appearance of death was distant, although the wish was ever present tomy thoughts; and I often sat for hours motionless and speechless, wishing forsome mighty revolution that might bury me and my destroyer in its ruins.
Nicotine receptors are widely distributed and are found in the epithelial cells lining respiratory passages. Cannabinoid receptors are also widely distributed, but have not been reported in respiratory epithelial cells. The differential expression of receptors may account for the apparent difference in carcinogenic activity that results from smoking tobacco compared to cannabis. Both types of smoke contain a complex mixture of compounds, some of which are carcinogenic. They both contain hot gasses and irritating particulate matter (tars). However, the anti-apoptotic response that results from the stimulation of the nicotine receptors, under mutagenic conditions, creates a worst-case scenario. The very cells that have accumulated sufficient genetic damage to normally initiate the apoptotic cascade are prevented from going down this suicidal path [33] even though it would be best for the organism as a whole. In contrast, when the AKT pathway is activated in the brain after head injury [34] or stroke, [35] cannabinoids protect against cell death to the organism's benefit. Likewise, nicotine can also activate the AKT pathway in the brain in a beneficial manner. For example, activation of the nicotine receptors, as is also true of cannabinoid receptors [36], can prevent the brain cell death that results from exposure to beta amyloid protein [37] as occurs in Alzheimer's disease.
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