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8 1.1 P.M. Pulse 96; pupils dilating. The only sign of life remaining is the heating of the heart.

1.2 P.M. Pupils fully dilated; heart stopped. Dead.

Experiment IV.

A pariah dog was bitten by a vigorous cobra. The skin in the niiddle of the dog's back, as near as possible at an equal distance from his fore and hind legs, was taken up, and the cobra injected its poison into it.

8.25 A.M. Infliction of the bite.

8.26 A.M. The dog is evidently in some pain from the bite ; he turns round and round in endeavouring to lick the bitten part.

8.29 A.M. Is quieter; pupils normal; no symptom.

8.30 A.M. Able to walk and stand perfectly well.

8.31 A.M. Pupils normal, neither contracted nor dilated : they answer weil to light.

8.35 A.M. Slight spasm of diaphragm.

8.36 A.M. Can walk perfectly.

8.39 A.M. Walks with uncertain tread, as if weak; all the legs equally affected.

8.40 A.M. Staggering, but no difi"erence can be observed between the fore and hind legs.

8.41 A.M. Fell over, his fore-legs first giving way; pupils about normal — at any rate, no tendency to dilatation.

8.42 A.M. Lying on his side unable to rise, or even to stand when placed on his legs ; all his legs equally