DELAY IN RESTARTING RESPIRATION AFTER EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRIC SHOCK

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When respiration is arrested by a 50 c/s alternating current passed between the forelimbs of rabbits there may be a delay between the end of the shock and the spontaneous resumption of respiration. This paper examines the relation of such a delay with the duration of shock and the current magnitude independently and in terms of two physical concepts: (a) the product of shock duration and current magnitude, called here `charge equivalent'; and (b) a quantity proportional to the energy input.

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