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formable to the Jimplicity of nature; and if 
is with regret that I have been obliged to 
abandon it. 
The fenfations depend upon a change in the 
fate of the eleBricity of the nerves . 
The coats of nerves being bad con- 
duBors with refpeB to their interior fub -v 
fance, as is proved by my experiments , pre¬ 
vent this fluid being difperfed among the fur¬ 
rounding parts. 
Having advanced my opinion with regard 
to the influence of eleBricity on the motions and 
fenfations, Iwijhed to eflablifh it upon a more 
folid bafis ; and with this view, I examined 
both thefe funBions along with thofe which 
are conneBed with them , viz. the fecretions 
and nutrition, as well in the fate of health 
as in that of difeafe. 
In the explanation of the mechanifm of the 
mufcular motions which arife from the aBion 
of the mind, I have by no means followed the, 
theory of M. Galvani » 
EleBricity 
