C 3 2i 1 
have been mentioned refpedling animl 
heat, the influence of the nerves is very 
evident; I attribute them to this influence 
i 
fpr want of any other more fatisfadlory 
explanation. But, how do the nerves 
exercife this influence, if it is not by means 
of the eledfricity they contain ? 
Does the eledlricity of the nerves con¬ 
tribute to the decompofition of the air in 
the lungs ? 
Is this eledlricity itfelf decompofed ? 
Is it by this decompofition that the 
olood is fupplied by the inflammable prin¬ 
ciple and a portion of fire? To experi¬ 
mental phyficians I fubmit the folution of 
thefe queftions. 
For my own part, I ftiall undertake a 
work which is connedted with thefe que¬ 
ries, the execution of which requires nei¬ 
ther genius nor great expence. The fol¬ 
lowing is the outline of what I propofe. 
Y I fhall 
