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Table 26 — Percentile effects of ingestion of 80 c.c. of absolute alcohol on a related group of processes. 1 — Cont'd. 



Processes measured. 



Repetition series. 



Experimental periods following the taking 

 of alcohol. 



Period 



Period 

 3. 



Period 

 4. 



Period 

 5. 



Period 

 6. 



Last 

 period. 



Av. 



periods 2, 



3, and 4. 



First series. Results 



found by Dodge and 



Benedict with 



equivalent dose. 



Av. for 

 normal 

 group. 



Av. for 



Subject 



VI. 



Part II. 

 Patellar reflex (amplitude of 

 primary and secondary re- 

 flexes) : 



A, 30-gram blow 



A, 50-gram blow 



A', 30-gram blow 



A', 50-gram blow 



Lid reflex (amplitude) : 



A, primary wink 



A', secondary wink .... 

 Progress in memorizing 8 .... 

 Eye-movement distance .... 

 Number of finger movements 



in 8 seconds 



Pulse-cycle length: 



Just before tension .... 

 During muscle tension. . 

 After muscle tension 

 Pulse during finger 



movements 



Mean variation of fin- 

 ger-movement pulse. . 

 Av. of other pulse data, 



Nos. 1 to 7 



Length of respiration during 

 pulse records Nos. 1 to 7 . . 



Part III. 

 Percentage of signs denoting : 

 Inferior or less efficient 



functioning 9 



Superior or more efficient 



functioning 



Neutral 



-11.9 

 + 1.9 

 +19 

 -46 



-39 

 -57 

 + 10.9 

 -21 



- 3.9 



-11.6 

 + 1.3 



- 2.5 



- 9.4 

 -20 

 -10.6 



+ 3.3 



77 



20 

 3 



- 6.6 

 + 7.4 

 +13 

 -62 



-33 

 -43 

 + 2.5 

 -17 



- 4.0 



- 3.9 



- 4.0 



- 8.7 



- 5.6 

 -37 

 -10 







80 



17 

 3 



-30 

 -19 

 + 19 



- 4.6 



+13 

 +26 



- 5.9 

 -22 



- 3.1 



-14.5 



- 4.0 



+ 2.5 



- 9.3 

 -21 

 -12.9 

 -13.3 



70 



-65 

 -30 



+ 6. 

 + 8. 



-18 

 -69 

 +28 

 - 1. 



- 5. 



- 2. 



- 1. 



-12. 



-17 



16 



23 



7 



67 



33 

 



+ 4.0 

 + 5.6 

 + 123 

 + 62 



- 17 

 + 66 

 + 57 



- 5.0 



+ 7.1 



( 7 ) 

 ( 7 ) 



o 



- 7.0 



- 14 



- 17.8 







33 



63 

 4 



+ 47 

 + 44 

 + 148 

 + 54 



+ 23 



- 5.7 

 + 18 



- 10.6 



+ 2.0 



i - 6.6 

 '- 6.2 

 '- 0.8 



- 5.3 



- 18.6 



- 12.9 



- 10.0 



50 



50 

 



-16.2 



- 3.2 

 + 17.0 

 -37.5 



-19.7 

 -24.7 

 + 2.5 

 -20.0 



- 3.7 



-10.0 



- 2.2 



- 2.9 



- 8.1 

 -26.0 

 -11,2 



- 3.3 



90 



10 







8.9 



- 3.1 



- 4.1 



3.0 



+ 13 

 + 173 



- 18.0 



- 27.0 

 '+ 14 



- 15.2 



- 4.0 

 + 6.0 



- 3.5 



82 



12 

 6 



50 



50 

 



6 Corrected value according to the method of not including the first-period score on normal days; see Appendix 

 III, p. 140. 



7 There was no period 6 in the normal data of tetanus pulse. 



8 The computation was not carried out for each pulse cycle, but averages were found for cycles 1 to 7, 8 to 14, and 

 15 to 21, from the averages in the pre-tetanus and tetanus divisions, and in the post-tetanus division, and 

 computations were made finally, taking the average percentile difference for the three groups of 7 pulse cycles of 

 the post-tetanus divison. 



9 The assumption that a faster respiration rate may be rightly classified as less efficient functioning is admittedly 

 somewhat arbitrary. 



In but one instance, period 6, are there more signs indicating a supe- 

 rior functioning of processes than were found for inferior performances. 

 The usual effect of alcohol would seem to be reversed in the sixth 

 period, so that the subject actually did better in the majority of pro- 

 cesses measured at the end of the alcohol-day experiments than he did 



