THE LAWS OP ORGANIC 



hand segmter conareiur. At half past four it seized with 

 avidity a cabbage leaf, but seemed very much oppressed 

 in the attempt to swallow. There was excited for some mi- 

 nutes a state of respiration not much unlike sneezing, and it 

 seemed, from the sound emitted, as if the tube was not 

 fully pervious. After a little time the rabbit resumed the 

 ordinary mode of breathing. At five o'clock the temper- 

 ature was 102 -. At seven o'clock the temperature was 

 100. The natural character of the respiration was un- 

 changed, but the animal appeared to be in considerable 

 pain. Its eyes were almost closed, the head raised up as 

 if to allow the air to enter the tube ; and its otherwise 

 motionless attitude, and occasional catches in its breathing, 

 indicated great uneasiness and suffering. Matter of a 

 sanious and frothy appearance exuded from the wound 

 in the neck. At nine o'clock the temperature was 99 ; the 

 rabbit was very dull and inanimate ; respiration as before, 

 the occasional catches more frequent. At eleven o'clock 

 the temperature was 99 1 ; the rabbit still dull and inani- 

 mate, refusing to eat. At one o'clock A. M. the temperature 

 was 103. The rabbit appeared more cheerful, and was 

 inclined to eat. It was left in this state till seven o'clock 

 that morning, at which time it seemed the same in every 

 external respect. An hour after this its temperature was 

 taken, and found to be 101 : the rabbit was then killed. 



Dissection. The lungs did not collapse so perfectly as 

 ordinary, but were still crepitant, and of the natural ap- 

 pearance. The stomach, larger than usual, was filled with 

 a mass intermediate in every respect to the contents of the 

 two following ; the vegetable fibre and smell were still 

 evident. The contents of the large intestines differed little 

 from the natural state. The oesophagus was entirely filled 

 with imperfectly digested vegetable ; and this circumstance 



