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electricity, exits again in two oppofite 
ftates; thus if it be again excited, the 
phenomena fimilar to the former, will again 
recur. If, by any accident the fluid finds 
the equilibrium, the organ in which it 
occurs becomes paralytic. 
I have obferved in another place, that 
the mufcles not under the dominion of 
the will, are not charged negatively 
and pofitively, but that it is the nerves 
alone which are diftributed- upon them. 
This opinion is fupported by many 
reafons: 
I ft, The coating and exciter do not pro¬ 
duce any change in thefe mufcles. 
2d, Thefe mufcles do not pofiefs fo 
large a quantity of nerves, as is diftributed 
upon thofe which are fubjedled to the 
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command of the will. 
3d, The fabric of the former differs 
from that of the latter. 
4th, Their movements are likewife dif¬ 
ferent. 5 th, The 
