The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-06

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NJ Sa,s q mas,e 4 painful discovery thas 70
Esrs.nht With tie most serious cons..
n,s,cea He exhibited no a1e "A ns I.ca :,
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81 81 On anrnrently dead cat, wntcn mG n
Al IN thoi,pht3ul mind with terror. a.
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s M : actsd her TO the indEence OF eene.'
III S Thsn she was entirely iDsensfDe .e
sanu her sSpa, thus rendering hss,
,no'. most peerae would Imagine Q. Q.
Us snrfher use as cat. he neAI
n ,,Oaoa ei,ed to connect "a galyanic- pateess
;tS ths diffsrent organs OF the cats orain.
i s FIJI the Organ OF taiEwagging Hns
/ .orched. the eat wagged her tall, ana wien
~ aIeciric duid touched the organ OF ges-
~, fence, the insensip'e anl.
n.ss made witt, her legs tbe motions pTopei
tnr tho nerforEance ,a that athletic ieat.
Similarly. the organ Of protane sweallug'
Suha,, hrourht in contact With the 6attelys
t.,,sa,Jsd TIE ipanimate eat to swear WIZ
nraa, yipor. In short, all the. actions o.
which a live cat would be guilty were arr,
! ,ciaiiy produced by this dead caL Mn ~
/ the appropriate organs were stimuiaI sa;nod
1 electricfty.r Professor Wider ekp'a..nss,;1
| that this experiment was OF enormous uSa,.
tv. since the brain Of the cat is almost ~
cisely the same, Us the BRAIN OF sc:en'au us
nrrson, and hence 80 long as cats plainS 81.
cheap and accessible, it IS not WORM WIZ
to experiment with seleatiuc pelsv ~,
brain. This view OF the matter was en.t .Sr
| siasticaIly appauded by the members % tns
Association, and it so exciuslteiy ooIup.eS
their attention that they entirely overlooked
the trIIe meaning OF the experiment.
II will at once be perceived that II dead
cot can be made to swear and spit and ella"
hv means of electricity, there will be nc
use in killing cats. Suppose, for example
TINT the full strength OF the cat-companI
singing in any one Back yard consists Of
fifteen cats; and, further, suppose that al
these cats should be simultaneously and en-
tirely killed.. Now, any wicked small boy
has merely to collect these dead cats in
pile and to stimulate them with electricity
and they will promptly sing and swear as
vigorously as ever. What Professor Wilder
has done is to place the knowledge OF this
terrible fact in,,the hands Of wicked and II
responsible persons. The very least penalty
that should he inflicted upon him is Il
freeze him solid, to cut him into fine slices
and pickle him in Mrs. Wilder's preserve
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