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The amount of activity and metabolism in the muscles if they have 

 any noticeable influence on the rate of regeneration ought to produce 

 a clearly demonstrable result, but as shown by the data in table 3 

 and figure 8 the difference is relatively small. From the point of view 

 of the chemical nature of metabolism (including regeneration) the 



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Fig. 8. — Showing rates of regeneration of activated and inactive 

 half-disks. The upper line represents the activated and the 

 lower line the inactive specimens. The divisions along the 

 abscissa represent regeneration in millimeters ; those along the 

 ordinate represent time in days. 



difference in temperature might conceivably be sufficient to account 

 for the observed difference in rate of regeneration. The half-disks in 

 which the circuit wave is maintained show a greater regularity in the 

 rate of regeneration than do the active disks recorded in table 1.^ ,1 

 Further demonstration of the influence of the sense-organs on the 

 rate of regeneration is furnished m another series of experiments in 

 which the two insulated halves of a disk are compared, one of whichjs 



