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JAMA. 1884;III(6):155-157.

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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.

On the Action of the Intercostal Muscles in Respiration.

—M. Laborde, who is in charge of the physiological work of the Paris faculty, has been making some experiments upon the body of a criminal called Campi, who was guillotined in Paris, April 30. Having everything prepared for his purposes, the body was received at the laboratory, one hour and twenty minutes after the execution. The description of the experiments as given in the Revue Scientifique is very interesting; the blood from a dog being injected into the blood-vessels of the head, the filling of the capillaries and the blush upon the face, with certain fibrillary contractions are very well described. The muscular excitability was very much increased after the transfusion, and an opening being made through the cranium by means of the trephine, the condition of the brain in situ was studied with more interest, both in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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