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FIG. 17. Analysis of tetanus. Experiment 'made upon the gastroc- 

 nemius muscle of a frog to show that by increasing the rate of stimu- 

 lation the contractions, at first separate (1), fuse more and more through 

 a series of incomplete tetani (2, 3, 4) into a complete tetanus (5) in 

 which there is no indication, so far as the record goes, of a separate 

 effect for each stimulus. (Howell.) 



