ON THE INTERNAL POLARISATION OF NERVES. 



Experiment II. 3 Meidingers, 1000 rheochord units ; duration 

 of closure 5" ; distance between the electrodes 1 1 mm . 



No. 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



Mean 



Mean variation -092. 



Deviation. 

 2-7 

 2-95 



2-8 

 2-6 



2-76 



Experiment III. 3 Meidingers, 1000 rheochord units ; duration 

 of closure 5"; distance between the electrodes io mm . 



Mean 



3-86 



Mean variation -104. 



The time which elapsed between the opening of the polarising 

 current and closing of the galvanometer circuit I tried to deter- 

 mine by means of a Depretz' signal. The following table contains 

 the times thus arrived at : 



No. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 

 11 



Time in 

 Seconds. 



. -027 



-023 



. -021 



. -021 



. -021 



. -021 



. -022 



. -023 



. -023 



. -023 



. -023 



The mean of these observations is -028 seconds ; the mean varia- 

 tion amounts to -005 seconds. 



