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Experiment LXXVII. 
Three fowls deftroyed by a fhock from 
a jar through the brain when laid bare, 
preferved fuch a degree of vitality as ren¬ 
dered them proper for animal electricity. 
Experiment LXXVIII. 
A fowl killed by a Arong difcharge did 
not anfwer to the trial, as the electrical 
fluid had, as it were, diforganifed the 
whole machine. 
Experiment LXXIX. 
I divided the blood-veflels of the wing 
of a pigeon, which was fcarcely dead 
by the bleeding, before I prepared the 
other wing, but it was not poffible to 
excite any movements. I likewife re¬ 
peated this upon the legs, without fuccefs. 
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