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PHYSIOLOGY OF MUSCLES AND NERVES. 



of the multiplier were connected with two troughs or 



Vessels \' ra-t /.inc. the mild- Hirfarrs uf which had 

 been Lacquered, while tin- inner cavity had hern care- 

 fully amalgamated. A Dilution of sulpliatc of zinc- wa> 

 poured into this cavity, and pads. formed of many folds 

 of blotting-paper saturated with the same solution, were 

 folded over the edge of the vessels in such a \vav that 



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part \va- inini(>rsed in the x.lntion, part protruded over 

 tlie edges, and these ).ad> end in a >harply rut cross 

 section. Small discs of an isoktmg substance (vulca- 

 nised india-rnl.lier), \\itli the- help of caoutchouc hands, 

 rrlaiurd tlie p;i,l< in tln-ir places. The vessels hein^ 



|)U>hed tOWard each other til! the pads touched, or the 



intermediate space l><t\\een the pads being bridged 1\ a 



third pad, al-o >alurated \\ith a >o|ntioii of sulphate of 



zinc, the needle <>t' the multiplier continued unmoved, 



