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Table III. — Splenic Nerves. 



Experiment. 



Neg. var. 

 = a. 

 Initial. 



Neg. var. 

 = b. 

 Final. 



Duration 



of 

 experi- 

 ment. 



Diminu- 

 tion 

 bja. 



Notes. 



702. Horae I 



704. „ I 



705. „ II 

 707. „ III 



millivolts. 

 0-95 



-376 (1st) 

 0-397 (2nd) 

 -491 (1st) 

 -576 (2nd) 

 0-317 



millivolts. 

 0*33 



| 0-219 



| 0-109 

 131 



mins. 

 11 



25 



22 

 26 



0*35 



0-582 



0-222 

 0-413 



Exc. lasting 10 

 seconds, once a 

 minute. 



Same nerve as 



709. „ III 



0-560 



0-396 



30 



0-710 





712. „ IY 



-788 (1st) 

 -847 (2nd) 

 -878 (3rd) 

 -792 (4th) 



\ 0-672 

 J (23rd) 



23 



0-853 



Same nerve as in 

 Exp. 710 below, 

 " staircase." 



713. „ IY 

 716. „ Y 



0-859 



-593 (1st) 

 -729 (2nd) 

 -663 (3rd) 

 -607 (4th) 



0-392 

 j> 0-215 



29 

 50 



0-456 

 0-362 



Same nerve as 

 Exp. 710. 



Submaximal exci- 

 tation, 500 units, 

 " staircase." 



Mean of eight 

 experiments 



0-617 



0-307 



27 



0-498 





The following experiments were made under identical conditions 

 with medullated and non-medullated nerves from the same animal : — 



