Excerpt from The American Journal of Physiology, 1900, Vol. 3 In experiments which have already been reported 3 an opposite result has been obtained. Stimulation of the hypogastric nerves with moderately strong induced currents frequently caused a con tracted bladder to relax. The usual effect of stimulation with the bladder in a normal condition is exactly that which has been described for ir, - a short, and comparatively quick contraction, followed immediately by an apparently active dilation or relaxation of the bladder wall. And the amount of the relaxation is normally much in excess of the amount of the contraction. In the accompanying figure (fig. I) are shown two curves which were Obtained by fixing the lower end of the bladder by means of a spike clamped to the same iron standard which carried the lever. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.