Note 117 — I. Does the Heart cease to act immediately in consequence of the interruption of the cerebral action?
F. Gold translation
When an animal is thus struck, it is not certain that the concussion has not extended its effects upon a greater or less part of the spinal marrow; and it is not known consequently if the motions of the heart would not cease, even when asphyxia might be prevented by means of artificial respiration.