SENSATION. 



alternately, to the same skin areas, and the sensation experienced 

 is recorded and compared with that obtained in other skin areas. 

 (d) With a pair of blunt-pointed dividers, determine the nearest 

 distance between the points at which they are detected as two. 

 Now warm the points and repeat the experiment. Is the distance 

 increased or decreased at which the points are separately felt by 

 the skin? 



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