...conclusion!. Th» nerves dead or alive may convey the galvanic power like a wet cord. Experiment! never have been the means of discovery ; and a survey of what has been attempted of late yeari in physiology will prove that the opening of living animal* has done more to perpetuate error,...

...Charles Bell, in his great work on tl nervous system, says : " Experiments have never been the means discovery, and a survey of what has been attempted of late years physiology will prove that the opening of living animals has doi more to perpetuate error than to confirm...