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stretched up and walked away. At that moment the pulse was 
thready, the beating of the heart accelerated, the respiration 
quite fast, 34 to a minute. 
At 300 volts the same fall and quick getting up occurred. 
At 400 the shock was more severe ; the mare dropped on 
her fore quarters, on her knees, then on the left side, and again 
got up with one jump. The respiration was very accelerated 
(42 a minute), pulse almost imperceptible, and the beatings of 
the heart very tumultuous. 
After waiting some time for the mare to recover she was 
again placed on the plates and received a shock of 550 volts. 
Suddenly she flexed on her four legs, dropping on her knees and 
her hocks extended ; after a few seconds she got up. The res¬ 
piration was then very fast (46 a minute) ; it was deep and 
abdominal; the pulse was imperceptible, the beatings of the 
heart very irregular ; the temperature was 40°3. 
The animal was allowed a lapse of rest, and the second ani¬ 
mal brought to the plates. 
It was a bay mare, which was first exposed to a current of 
550 volts. The shock was rather severe ; the animal pitched 
forward, but recuperated her equilibrium quickly. 
A second shock was much more violent, so much so that it 
was thought it would be fatal ; the animal dropped suddenly 
on her knees, rolled on her right side, struggled violently, try¬ 
ing to get rid of the contact of the plates, but in vain. Sud¬ 
denly the respiration stopped, the extremities became stiff, the 
muscles appeared tetanic ; but soon the respiration returned 
quick and accelerated, the legs struggled again, and the contact 
from the plates being broken up, the mare after a few efforts 
got up. 
The pulse was then quick (68), full, beating of the heart 
very strong, respiration accelerated. For some time muscular 
tremblings of the trunk and legs- were manifested, and then 
everything went back to normal condition. There were marks 
of burns on the right fore fetlock. 
The very severe electrization saved the life of the animal 
