286 THOMPSON YATES LABORATORIES REPORT 
Immersion of Nerve in tap water 
■ 
Length 
Resistance 
Maximum 
In ohms 
In ohms per 
centimetre 
Potential Difference 
found 
(a) Nerve at once 
5 
I 5,900 
7. l8o 
•0182 
{b) After 20 min. in tap water ... 
5 
20,400 
4,080 
•O267 
(r) Another 20 min. in tap water 
5-2 
2 3, 1 00 
A 4.4.0 
•0269 
w 
5-2 
28,800 
C C AO 
•OI75 
w „ 
39,800 
7,650 
•0151 
(f) „ 
5' 2 
5 1,100 
9,830 
•0 129 
Or) „ „ „ ... 
5-2 
5 + ,900 
10,540 
•Ol66 
(/') 
5-2 
6l,000 
11,73° 
•OI3O 
(0 
5"2 
88,700 
1 7,060 
•OI74 
The nerve was now placed in tap water for 24 hours, at the end of which time it was 
removed rigid, but not swollen, like the nerve of other side. 
(j) After 24 min. in tap water I — 307,500 60,000 '°°45 
Contrast these observations with the similar observations made upon the first 
nerve, the degenerated nerve. These are found in full detail in the table upon the 
next page. 
