GG EFFECTS OF 



made a wound in the leg, and having introduced 

 into it some of the woorara mixed with water, I 

 tied the tape moderately tight on the fore part 

 of the thigh. Thus I interrupted the communi- 

 cation between the wound and the other parts 

 of the body, by means of the vessels, while that 

 by means of the nerve still remained. After the 

 ligature was tightened, I applied the woorara a 

 second time, in another part of the leg. The 

 rabbit was not at all affected, and at the end of 

 an hour I removed the ligature. Being engaged 

 in some other pursuit, I did not watch the 

 animal so closely as I should otherwise have 

 done ; but 20 minutes after the ligature had been 

 removed, I found him lying on one side, motion- 

 less and insensible, evidently under the influence 

 of the poison. The symptoms however were less 

 violent than in most instances ; and after some 

 time he recovered, with the limb perfectly warm 

 and using it as well as before. 



EXPERIMENT XXVIII. 



I repeated the last experiment with this dif- 

 ference, that after having applied the poison, I 

 made the ligature as tight as I could draw it. I 

 removed the ligature at the end of an hour and 

 20 minutes, but the animal was not at all af- 

 fected either before or after the removal of the 

 ligature, and on the following day he had re- 

 covered the use of the limb. 



