PHYSICAL A-Ni^ LITERARY. 349 



,of the motion of the blood m any mem»- 

 ber difturbs the free fympathy of other 

 members with it, although the motion of 

 the blood at the fuppofed origin of all the 

 nerves be no ways difturbed. 



E X. P E R. IV, {From Jive Trials). 



To {how how far the animal could be 

 affeded from the abforption of the ar- 

 dent fpirits and their mixture with the 

 blood, the nerves of the hind legs were 

 cut in fome, and the hind half of the fpi- 

 jial marrow was deftroyed in others, as 

 mentioned in the experiments with opi- 

 um ; and, immediately after this, as like- 

 ways two, three, or even ten days there- 

 after, the mixture was applied to the hind 

 legs, and it was conftantly found to pro- 

 duce all the fame effects in the fame de- 

 gree^ almofl: as foon a§ when it was ap- 

 plied to a found animal ; and, on removing 

 the mixture, and walliing the legs, the 

 e,nimal recovered in the fame time. 



