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independent of veffels, is fo inconfidera- 

 ble as altogether to efcape obfervatioi). 



E X P E R. JV. 



I cut all the crural nerves in one frog, 

 and deftroyed the hind half of the fpinal 

 marrow in two others, and then applied 

 camphire to the hind legs of all ; and 

 found it to produce the fame efFedls, in 

 nearly the fame tinie, as when applied to 

 g found animal. 



REMARK. 



These effeds, from the application of 

 the camphire, reafon teaches us, can fole- 

 Jy be accounted for from its abforption 

 and mixture with the blood. But, to 

 prove this abforption in fadl, 



(Two Trials.) 



I divided two frogs at the pelvis, two 

 hours after the camphire had been applied 



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