CONTENTS, 



PABT I. Besearches relating to the Law of Contraction. 



Author. Title. Translator. Page. 



1. TIGERSTEDT . Changes of excitability produced 



in nerves by a constant cur- 

 rent Dr. JAMES NIVEN . 



2. Contribution to the theory of 



the Break Contraction ... 



3. On the Internal Polarisation of 



Nerves 



4. GRUTZNER . . The Nature of the Electrical 



Break-contraction .... Mr. J. S. HALDANE . 



5. HERING . . On Nerve- excitation by the 



Nerve-current Dr. AUG. WALLER . 



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 77 

 93 

 127 



PABT II. Besearches relating to Secondary Electromotive Phenomena. 



6. Du Bois-REY- On Secondary Electromotive 



MOND. Phenomena in Muscles, 



Nerves, and Electrical Organs. Mrs. LAUDER BRUNTON . 163 



7. HERING . . On Du Bois-Beymond's Ke- 



searches on Secondary Electro- 

 motive Phenomena of Muscle. Dr. AUG. WALLER . . 229 



8. On the Positive After-variation 



of the Nerve-current conse- 

 quent on Electrical Stimula- 

 tion 255 



9. HERMANN. . On so-called Secondary Electro- 



motive Phenomena in Muscle 



and Nerve. , Mr. FRANCIS GOTCH . . 277 



