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blood has ceafed ; but that, after this cea- 

 ies, the nerves of the extremities of the 

 body fcarcely bring the diftant nerves to 

 fuffer by fympathy ; or we find, that the 

 concomitant arteries, fome how or other, 

 time the nerves fo as to fit them to con-^ 

 vey impreflion, 



EX PER, X. (TivoTnah.) 



I laid bare the fciatic nerve for the 

 length of more than a quarter of an inch, 

 and poured on it two drops of the Solu- 

 tion of opium ; but did not obferve that 

 the member vv-as thereby impaired, either 

 in its fcnfe or motion, though I attended 

 to the effedls both that day and the tw9 

 following days. 



REMARK. 



Hence opium adls chiefly, if not in- 

 tirely, on the tender extremities of the 

 perves, or feems incapable of penetrating 

 ^he hard coats they have in their progrefs : 



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