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On Skin Currents.
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Photographs of the effects 30 and 50 minutes after decapitation are given below. The first is taken on a slowly moving plate with tetanisa- tion of the sciatic lasting for 30 seconds. The second is taken on a more rapidly moving plate with tetanisation lasting for 5 seconds, as shown by the signal line. The lost time in this (and in other) instances = 3 seconds. The effects are " ingoing."


FIG. 1. (4217.)


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FIG. 2. (4218.)