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Increased response after continuous stimulation.— 
We have seen that re- 
sponses to uniform sti- 
muli sometimes show a 
staircase increase, ap- 
parently owing to the 
eradual removal of mole- 
cular slugeishness. Pos- 

sibly analogous to this 
is the increase of re- a T b 
E E Fic. 79.—TuHEe Normat RESPONSE @ IN 
sponse Im nerve after NERVE ENHANCED TO 0 AFTER Con- 
TINvoUS SrimuLaTIon 'T (WALLER) 
The normal response in nerve is recorded 
‘down.’ 
continuous — stimulation 
or tetanisation, observed 
by Waller (fig..79). Like the staircase effect, this 

Before mn After 
Fic. 80.—ENHANCED RESPONSE IN PLATINUM AFTER CONTINUOUS STIMULATION T 
contravenes the commonly accepted theory of the dis- 
similation of tissue by stimulus, and the consequent 
depression of response. It is suggested by Waller that 
