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fed J and, in two minutes more, after ha- 

 ving raifed himfelf upon his fore-legs, he fell 

 down fenfelefs. At this tirrte Mr. Ra?nfay laid 

 bare the thorax^ by differing off the tegu- 

 ments, which did not feem to give the dog 

 any pain, and -could plainly feel the motion 

 of his heart thro' the pleura : it beat 76 times 

 in a minute, but became gradually flower *. 

 Immediately after counting the pulfe, Mr. 

 Ramjay cut the ribs on each fide of they?^^- 

 mim, which he laid back in the ufual way. 

 The heart, which was thus brought in view, 

 appeared quite turgid, and continued in mo- 

 tion about £ve minutes ; during which time 

 it performed only between 60 and 65 weak 

 vibrations, for they were not compleat con- 

 tradtions. While the heart was thus moving, 

 'W2Lvn\Ja!iva was firfl applied to it, then cold 

 water, and laft of all oil of vitriol ; which 

 Ihrivelled the parts it touched, almofl in the 

 fame manner as a hot iron would have done ; 

 but none of them accelerated the heart's vi- 

 brations, which became gradually flower, till 

 they ceafed altogether. 



The 



* The dog's heart in a natural (late, and before the in- 

 jeftion cf the folution of ofium, beat 150 in the minute, 



