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was only a faint trembling of fome of the 

 mufcles. 



IMfxt morning, about twelve hours 

 from the beginning of the experiment, it 

 was found dead and ftifF. 



REMARKS. 



I. The turgefcency and rednefs of the 

 vefllis to which the camphire was applied, 

 feem to fhow that it irritates and heats 

 the part with which it is in contact ; con- 

 trary to a notion that prevails with ma- 

 ny. Theiloppage, of the blood obferved 

 to happen much fooner in that foot to 

 which the camphire was applied than in 

 the other foot, 1 fuppofe to be more ow- 

 ing to i:s effluvia, entering the pores of 

 the membrane between the toes and coa- 

 gulating the blood, than to its aiflion on 

 the folids ; efpecially that the blood loft 

 its motion, in like manner, on applying 

 camphire feveral days after the nerves had 

 been cut. 



2. We 



