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Temperature of the pigeon 106f ; killed by prussic 

 acid. 



Time Minutes. Thermo, in the Rectum. Abdomen. 



10 - 103 - 105 



15 - 102i - 103| 



20 - 101 - 103 



25 - 100 -', 102| 



30 99 101J 



35 - 98 IMJ lOOi 



40 96f 99 



45 - 96 l>*"' 98J 



50 - 94^ ii s j. 97^ 



55 - 93| "f ri : 96* 



GO 92 95* 



Temperature of the pigeon 107 ; inflated, without de- 

 capitation, or destruction of spinal marrow. 



Time Minutes. Thermq. in the Rectum. Thermo. Abdomen. 



10 - 106 - 105 



15 - 103 - 103 



20 - 102^ - 102 



25 - 102 - 99* 



30 - 98| - 99 



35 - 97 '.- 97| 



40 - 96 *, 96 



45 - 94| 95 



50 , 93 - 93i 



55 . 91J '-, 92 



60 90* - 91 



In this Experiment there is little particular to 

 observe. In the first, in which Decapitation and 

 destruction of the spinal cord were performed, 

 the thermometer in the rectum fell two degrees 

 more than in the second ; but the tempera- 

 ture of the abdomen was alike in both. In the 

 last, which was inflated without destruction of 

 brain or spinal cord, the thermometer in the ab- 

 domen indicated a temperature of four or five 



