PSYCHOLOGY: W. R. MILES 
707 
2 and 3 is most directly comparable to the former results. A column of 
such averages is included in the table to aid comparison. This average 
for the patellar reflex, L', is +2.1 as compared with +11.1, the average 
TABLE 1 
The Percentile Effects of the Ingestion of 30 cc. of Absolute Alcohol 
ON A Related Group of Processes 
PROCESSES BIEASURED 
EXPERIMENTAL PERIODS FOLLOWING THE 
TAKING OF ALCOHOL 
AVER- 
AGE OF 
PERIODS 
2 AND 3 
RESULTS FOUND BY 
DODGE AND 
BENEDICT WITH 
EQUIVALENT DOSE 
Period 
2 
Period 
3 
Period 
4 
Period 
5 
Period 
6 
Average 
for 
normal 
group 
Average 
for 
Subject 
VI 
Section I 
Patellar reflex 
Latency, L' 
+ 3 
4 
+ 0.9 
+ 1 
5 
- 7 
4 
- 3 
4 
+ 2 
1 
+ 11.1 
+ 0.3 
Latency, L" 
+ 0 
8 
+ 4.0 
+ 5 
8 
-15 
1 
-10 
6 
+ 2 
4 
+ 4.0 
Lid-reflex 
+ 13 
6 
+ 5.8 
- 2 
9 
+6 
4 
+ 4 
3 
+ 9 
7 
+ 5.9 
- 4.5 
Latency, L" 
+ 15 
1 
+ 1.8 
- 7 
5 
- 3 
8 
+ 3 
8 
+ 8 
4 
+ 6.8 
-10.7 
Eye reaction time 
+ 15 
5 
+ 16.4 
+ 14 
7 
+ 11 
8 
- 1 
9 
+ 15 
9 
- 5.4 
- 9.3 
Word reaction time 
+ 3 
2 
- 8.2 
- 7 
4 
-10 
6 
-20 
8 
- 2 
5 
- 1.0 
-26.0 
Faradic sensory threshold . . . 
+31 
0 
+20.4 
+ 18 
2 
+24 
9 
- 8 
3 
+25 
7 
+21.0 
+48.0 
Eye movement velocity. 
Rt, movements 
+ 19 
3 
+ 6.4 
+ 2 
1 
- 1 
4 
+ 12 
8 
+ 3.4 
+25.8 
Section II 
Patellar reflex 
Amplitude, A' 
- 2 
5 
+ 3.3 
-22 
7 
-42 
0 
+ 5 
0 
+ 0 
4 
-60.3 
+ 13.0 
AmpHtude, A" 
-24 
8 
-38.0 
-24 
0 
+62.0 
+81 
0 
-31 
4 
-38.0 
+ 173.0 
J^ia-renex 
Amplitude, A' 
-38 
0 
-33.6 
+ 13 
3 
-17 
7 
-16 
8 
-35 
8 
-10.7 
-18.0 
Amplitude, A" 
-57 
0 
-42.8 
+25 
7 
-68 
5 
+65 
8 
-49 
9 
-103.9 
-27.0 
+ 10 
9 
+ 2.5 
- 5 
9 
+27 
8 
+57 
0 
+ 6 
7 
+ 2.5 
+ 13.3 
Number of finger move- 
ments 
- 3 
9 
- 4.0 
- 3 
1 
- 3.5 
+ 7 
1 
- 3 
9 
- 8.9 
-15.2 
Section III 
Pulse Cycle Length 
Immediately before exer- 
-11 
6 
- 3.9 
-14 
5 
- 5 
8 
- 7 
7 
- 3.1 
- 4.0 
During severe exercise. .. . 
+ 1 
3 
- 4.0 
- 4 
0 
- 2 
7 
- 1 
3 
- 4.1 
+ 6.0 
Immediately after exer- 
cise 
- 2 
5 
- 8.7 
+ 2 
5 
- 1 
2 
- 5 
6 
Average of other pulse 
data 
-12 
4 
-12.2 
-14 
8 
-12 
9 
-19.4 
-12 
3 
- 3.0 
- 3.5 
for the Dodge and Benedict normal group. The earher result for Subject 
VI alone is +0.3, which although not large shows him to be in line with 
the normal group and also with his later percentages for periods 2, 3 
and 4. 
