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phases of the whole cyclic reflex. The neck and trunk are also 

 involved ; so, likewise, the head itself. Our imperfect analysis threw 

 sidehghts on the nature of the mischief wrought by strychnine- 

 poisoning and the malady "lock-jaw." Interesting and useful 

 though these sidelights may be, more really interesting and valual^le 

 would be any light which such analysis, crude as it is, could throw on 

 that great normal process of everyday health, animal (including 

 human) locomotion. Analysis of the reflex movement in unconscious 

 animals seems at the present time the only way by which such know- 

 ;e can be gained. 



[C. S. S.] 



