34^' ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



the animal motioiilefs in about half an 

 hour; whereas it can move for about an 

 hour after the circulation is made to ccafe 

 by cutting out the heart ; and, where the 

 circulation is flopped in one member on- 

 ly, it retains a conliderable degree of fen- 

 fetion above tvsro hours ; it appeared pro- 

 bable, that, if the ardent fpirits could dif- 

 order the whole body through the nerves 

 to which they were applied, independent 

 of their abfbrption and mixture with the 

 blood, they would have this elFedl when 

 appsied to the hind legs, after cutting out 

 the heart, or after tying the aorta, vena 

 cava^ and lymphatics. 



{Three Trials!) 



But, contrary to espe<5lation, they had 

 not fo much effedl in either of thefe ways 

 as to interrupt the refpiration, or to dif- 

 able them from ihutting the eye-lids when 

 the eye ball was touched, or of withdraw- 

 ing their fore legs from injury ; nor did 



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