34  A/>'.  hunter  on  the  Heat , &c. 
As  all  the  experiments  I ever  made  upon  the  freezing 
of  animals,  with  a view  to  fee  if  it  were  poffible  to  re- 
ftore  the  actions  of  life  when  thawed,  were  made  upon 
whole  ones,  and  as  I never  faw  life  return  by  thaw- 
ing 'jfJ ; I wilhed  to  fee  how  far  parts  were  fimilar  to 
the  whole  in  this  refpe-ft ; efpecially  as  we  have  it  af- 
ferted,  and  with  fome  authority,  that  parts  of  a man 
may  be  frozen,  and  afterwards  recover:  for  this  pur- 
pofe  I made  the  following  experiments  upon  an  animal 
of  the  fame  order  as  ourfelves,. 
In  January  1777,1  mixed  fait  and  ice  till  the  cold  was 
about  o;  on  the  fide  of  the  veffel  was  a hole,  through 
which  I introduced  the  ear  of  a rabbit.  To  carry  off  the 
heat  as  faft  as  poffible,  it  was  held  between  two  flat 
pieces  of  iron  that  went  farther  into  the  mixture.  That 
part  of  the  ear  projecting  into  the  veffel  became  ftiff, 
and  when  cut  did  not  bleed ; and  the  part  cut  off  by  a 
pair  of  fciffars,  flew  from  between  the  blades  like  a hard 
chip. 
The  ear  remained  in  the  mixture  nearly  an  hour: 
when  taken  out  it  foon  thawed,  and  began  to  bleed ; it 
became  very  flaccid,  fo  as  to  double  upon  itfelf,  having 
loft  its  natural  elafticity.  When  out  of  the  mixture 
•nearly  an  hour,  it  became  warm,  and  this  warmth  in- 
£f)  Vide  Phil.  Tranf.  for  the  year  1775?  vol.  LXV.  part.  II.  p.  446. 
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