General physiology; an outline of the science of life . ontraction(Fig. 168, B), their cilia cease to beat, and their bodies do not shrinkinto the customary ball either spontaneously or upon stimulation,until by transference into fresh water the narcosis is ended. Likethe smooth myoid-fibres, the irritability of cross-striated skeletalmuscles also is completely abolished by narcosis. A frogs muscle 1 Cf. P. 231. 376 GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY that is carefully and slowly bathed with air containing the vapourof ether cannot be made to contract by any kind of stimulus. Never-theless, the vital processes
General physiology; an outline of the science of life . ontraction(Fig. 168, B), their cilia cease to beat, and their bodies do not shrinkinto the customary ball either spontaneously or upon stimulation,until by transference into fresh water the narcosis is ended. Likethe smooth myoid-fibres, the irritability of cross-striated skeletalmuscles also is completely abolished by narcosis. A frogs muscle 1 Cf. P. 231. 376 GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY that is carefully and slowly bathed with air containing the vapourof ether cannot be made to contract by any kind of stimulus. Never-theless, the vital processes in the muscle are not at a complete stand-still, as is evident from the fact shown by Biedermann (85) that thenarcotised muscle produces electricity when stimulated, just like thecontracting muscle in the normal state. The stimulated part, as wellas the artificial cross-section, appears by galvanometric investigationelectrically negative to the resting part, as in normal narcosis, therefore, certain metabolic processes must still remain.
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