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Experiment XCIII. 
I likewife deffroyed two rabbits in the 
fame way, which experienced the acci¬ 
dents every animal prefents in our experi¬ 
ments. Thefe rabbits were fmall, and on 
that account the fliocks were neither ftrong 
nor of long duration. 
It mull not be fufpeded, that fome- 
times the fowls remained motionlefs on 
the application of the exciter for want of 
proper precautions. This experiment was 
always made with the utmoff difpatch, and 
the bed: metals. 
It would be more correfpondent with 
reafon to fay, that in thefe fowls the ner¬ 
vous fydem and principle of vitality were 
affected. Perhaps perfons in afphyxia, on 
whom our attempts are ineffectual, are in 
this fatal fituation. 
The excitement of the native eledricity 
cannot be made ufe of in perfons in the 
ftate 
