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upward movement being at 617° C. Under ether, however, 

 we have the peculiar phenomenon of two composite spasms 

 separated by an average interval of about 27° C. This 

 effect will be understood from the following table, which 

 gives the results obtained with two different specimens, B 

 and C, the specimen A being heated in water v*^ithout ether, 

 and thus constituted a standard. 



Table showing Duplication of Rigor by Ether 



Another table is here given, showing the results obtained 

 when the water contained a small quantity of hydrochloric 



acid. 



Effect of Hydrochloric Acid 



From these results several interesting observations arise, 

 the most striking of which is the occurrence of the pre- 

 liminary spasm itself, separated by so large an interval from 

 the final death-response. This duplication of the rigor-point 



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