Kinaesthetic And Organic Sensations Their Role In The Reactions Of The White Rat To The Maze

Author : John Broadus Watson
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230159331
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Kinæsthetic and Organic Sensations; Their Role in the Reactions of the White Rat to the Maze written by John Broadus Watson and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...without hemorrhage. The eyeball was then pulled still further forward, thus exposing more completely its attachment to the optic tract. This was next cut away with one stroke of the scissors. A rather profuse hemorrhage, produced by the sectioning of the ophthalmic artery, then occurred which we did not attempt to check. In a short time, this ceased of its own accord; the cavity was next thoroughly cleansed with sterile normal salt solution. The second eyeball was then removed, additional ether being administered by means of a cone if necessary. The animal was then put into a small freshly cleaned cage and allowed to recover. No effort was made to close the site of the wound or to restrain the animal from scratching it. Of course, in this way, we ran the risk of having infection develop. It is almost impossible, however, wholly to prevent the possibility of this in the eye operation. In order to show the almost total absence of any shock effects resulting from the above described operation, we shall quote the following from our notes: "Four male rats, all from one litter, born September 10, 1905, were operated upon March 24, 1906. Both eyeballs removed. The immediate shock effects were almost nil. The rats accepted food six hours after the operation. Twenty-four hours later they had thoroughly cleansed themselves. Motor control perfect. Several difficult feats were performed during this period of observation, such as balancing upon the rim of their little 8" by 4" wire cages. They walked around the edge of these cages with ease. They balanced themselves upon a small stender dish containing water--hind legs on dish, fore legs in air. One rat obtained some food, a second followed, bowled the first rat over, felt in his mouth...