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•with the other leg with fo much force as 

 to jump, but ftill could crawl. After an 

 hour, it fcarcely withdrew its fore legs 

 from injury. 



{One Trial.) 



Th e opium was poured under the fkin 

 of both hind extremities ; it could not 

 Jump, though much hurt, and, half an 

 hour thereafter, crawled with difficulty 

 jDut of the place. 



{One Trial,) 



I tied the aorta defcendens at the kidneys, 

 fthen opened it under the ligature, and 

 ^njedled the folution of opium into the 

 [crural arteries, which almofl: inftantly 

 rendered the hind legs infenfible and mo- 

 ' tionlefs. But, after a quarter of an hour, 

 : no convulfions were obferved in the for? 

 [legs or fore part of the body, 



(Two 



