CONTENTS. 



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1. Introductory 417 



2. General Observations on the experiments on Torpedos . . . .418 



3. Method of leading-off Malapterurus-shocks into an experimental Circuit 420 



4. Method of leading-off the Torpedo-shock into an experimental Circuit . 423 



5. Sluggishness of the Torpedo in Confinement 425 



6. Effect of Torpedo Shock on Man 426 



7. On the distribution of the Current in the Torpedo . . . . .427 



8. On Iodide of Potassium Electrolysis by the Torpedo-shock . . . 435 



9. On the Organ-current in the Torpedo . 438 



10. On the secondary electromotive Actions of the Organ of the Torpedo . 445 



11. On the relative Strengths of the Homodromous and of the Heterodro- 



mous Current in the electrical Organ . . . . . .451 



12. Dependence of the secondary electromotive Effects and of the Con- 



ductivity of the Organ on its Vitality 457 



13. Discussion of the foregoing Eesults 458 



14. On the electromotive Actions of the electrical Nerves of the Torpedo . 462 



Appendix 469 



