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45. Animal somnulent. 

 80. Pulse has fallen to 264, but con- 

 tinues yet strong. 

 5. 30. Animal ii> a state of great insensi- 

 bility. Itseyqs are yet contractile, 

 when irritated moves its feet now 

 and then, and is affected with con- 

 vulsive tremors : Pulse . quick, 

 but remarkably feeble. 

 .j6, SO. The eyes have )ost m>ich of their 

 contractility, and are beginning 

 to be watry. 

 i>. Until this period, the animal con- 

 tinued to lie in a state of great 

 insensibility, without any parti- 

 cular change. The heart so feeble 

 as not to be numbered. 

 30. No sign of life appears except a little 

 feeble respiratory motion in the 

 thorax. 

 11. 10. The motion in the thorax has en- 

 tirely ceased. 

 N. B. The animal was dead after eleven 

 hours and nine minutes. 



EXPERIMENT 32. 



The experiment was repeated with a young 

 rabbit \ the heart beat 264 in a minute. 



