FUNCTIONAL INERTIA AS LATENT PERIODS, &c. 35 



FIG. 3. Upper line ; record of tremor of frog's gastrocnemius when its 

 nerve was allowed to dry average periodicity of tremor 4 per 

 second. Lower line : half-seconds. 



or intermittency in these cases to be a manifestation 

 of the inertial property. 



It is interesting that the " spontaneous " rhythm 

 of such a tissue as the dying diaphragm is of the same 



FIG. 4. Record of tremor of frog's 'gastrocnemius when the state of 

 anelectrotonus was suddenly abolished in the sciatic nerve 

 average periodicity 5 to 6 per second. Lower line : time in 

 seconds. 



