Note 64 — FREDERIC THE GREAT’S EULOGY ON JULIEN OFFRAY DE LA METTRIE. (continued 2)
Gertrude Carman Bussey translation
The same experiments, which we owe to Boyle64 and to Sténon,65 are made on pigeons, dogs, and rabbits. Pieces of their hearts beat as their whole hearts would. The same movements can be seen in paws that have been cut off from moles.