INDEX 195 



McKENDRicK on retinal response, 149 

 Mechanical recorder, 3 

 response, 1 

 stimulus by electric tapper, 24 



by spring-tapper, 23 

 ,, by vibrator, 24 



conditions of maintaining uniformity of, 26 



means of graduating intensity of, 22, 24, 96 



Metal, electric response in, abnormal, 125 



abolition of, by ' poison,' 143 



,, additive effect of superposition of stimulus on, 



135 



,, annealing, effect of, on, 101 



by method of block, 82, 92 



,, negative variation, 87, 183 



depressants, effect of, on, 142 



diphasic, 113, 114, 115, 116, 188 

 ,. enhancement of, after continuous stimulation, 



127, 128, 186 

 fatigue, 118, 119, 120, 121, 185. See also 



Fatigue 

 maximum effect due to superposition of 



stimuli, 136 



modified, 129 



' molecular arrest,' effect of, by ' poison ' on, 



145 



,, molecular friction, effect of, on, 108, 109 



prolongation of recovery by overstrain, 106 



by poison,' 145 



relation between, and stimulus, 134, 135 



staircase effect, 122, 186 



stimulant, effect of, on, 141 



,, temperature, effect of, on, 111 



uniform, 102, 184 



Minchin on photo-electric cell, 165 

 Molecular ' arrest ' in metals by ' poison,' 145 

 friction, 108, 109 

 model, 107 



voltaic cell, 99 



Munck on electric response in sensitive plants, 14 

 Muscle, fatigue in, 38, 39, 40, 42. See also Fatigue 

 prolongation of recovery by ' poison ' in, 144 

 relation between stimulus and response in, 52 

 staircase effect in, 122 

 stimulus, effect of superposition of, on, 36 

 Myograph, 2 



