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1 3| analogous to this; and since the veins are the place of the blood, 2 3| from it enters into the veins, and there, undergoing a 3 3| downwards it distends the veins, and forcibly compresses 4 3| general rule, persons whose veins are inconspicuous, as well 5 3| sleep. For in the former the veins are narrow, so that it is 6 3| on the contrary] whose veins are large are, thanks to 7 3| the easy flow through the veins, not addicted to sleep, 8 3| upwards by the hot, along the veins, to the head. But when that 9 3| tenuity or narrowness of the veins about the brain itself contributes