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parsley, and the nerves immediately divided as usual, at half- 

 past two p.m. At eleven no difficulty of breathing had been 

 apparent, but in the morning both were found dead. The 

 parsley in both stomachs was moist and brown, but in one there 

 was more chyme than in the other. In other respects no devi- 

 ation from former appearances was observable. 



Experiment 8. 

 After fasting sixteen hours, a puppy dog was fed with cold 

 meat, and the par vagum was immediately divided on both sides, 

 at three p.m. Touching the nerve with a forceps brought on 

 efforts to vomit and oppressed respiration, and immediately on 

 their being divided, these symptoms became aggravated, and 

 tome of the meat was thrown up. In a few minutes he ap- 

 peared relieved, walked about, and at distant intervals only 

 seemed to draw a long and slow inspiration, followed by a short 

 expiration. On lapping some milk he vomited again, and was 

 again relieved. Afterwards he lapped more milk, and this 

 was followed by slighter efforts to vomit, which soon went off. 

 In the evening he again lapped some milk, and threw it up di- 

 rectly afterwards. Subsequently he took more milk, but did 

 not make any farther efforts to vomit. No difficulty of breathing 

 occurred since the afternoon, and he ran about as well, to all ap- 

 pearance, as he was before the operation, and subsequently to 

 the last vomiting he took a saucer full of milk. At nine the 

 following morning he was observed to draw his breath with 

 long and slow inspirations, at distinct intervals. 



About twelve the breathing became still slower arid more 

 laborious, he lay gasping on his side, and died before one. 



The stomach was entirely free from redness, and contained 

 merely a little fluid resembling w;^^}/. Hence it appears, that 

 the milk taken subsequently to the last vomiting had been 

 regularly separated by the digestive process, and the curd dis- 

 solved and passed away. The quantity of fluid was scarcely a 

 quarter of what the puppy had drunk. The lungs were studded 

 with dark spots, and the bronchise were full of mucus. 



Experiments 9 and 10. 

 Two young rabbits, having fasted twenty hours, were allowed 



