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cord, and the only justification for this lies in the 

 intimate relations which exist between the cerebral 

 and cerebellar systems. For this and for other short- 

 comings, due not only to the complicated nature of 

 the subject, but to personal deficiencies, I must ask 

 for the reader's indulgence. To express scientific 

 truths with any degree of completeness is always a 

 very difficult matter, and this is especially the case in 

 the domain of physiology, where the factors with 

 which one has to deal vary more than in other 

 sciences. 



Februa/ry 8, 1902. 



