Note 16 — Chapter XIV · INORGANIC RESPONSE—FATIGUE, STAIRCASE, AND MODIFIED RESPONSE

‘Considering that we have no previous evidence of any chemical or physical change in tetanised nerve, it seems to me not worth while pausing to deal with the criticism that it is not CO2, but “something else” that has given the result.’—Waller, Animal Electricity, p. 59. That this phenomenon is nevertheless capable of physical explanation will be shown presently.