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time ; in the other, though ultimate recovery 

 did not take place, the circulation was main- 

 tained for several hours after the brain had 

 ceased to perform its office. 



EXPERIMENT I. 



Some woorara was inserted into a wound in a 

 young cat. She became affected by it in a few 

 minutes, and lay in a drowsy and half sensible 

 state, in which she continued at the end of an 

 hour and 15 minutes, when the application of 

 the poison was repeated. In four minutes after 

 the second application, respiration had entirely 

 ceased, and the animal appeared to be dead ; but 

 the heart was still felt acting about 140 times in 

 a minute. She was placed in a temperature of 

 85 of Fahrenheit's thermometer, and the lungs 

 were artificially inflated about 40 times in a 

 minute. 



The heart continued acting regularly. 



When the artificial respiration had been kept 

 up during 40 minutes, the pupils of the eyes were 

 observed to contract and dilate on the increase 

 or diminution of light ; saliva had flowed from 

 the mouth, and a small quantity of tears was 

 collected between the eye and eyelids ; but the 

 animal still continued perfectly motionless and 

 insensible. 



At the end of an hour and 40 minutes from 

 the same period, there were slight involuntary 



