9.18--0.5 minute .19--1 “ .22--1 “ .24--1 “ .26--1 “ .28--1.5 “ .31--1 “ .33--0.5 “ .35--0.5 “ .38--0.5 “ .39--0.5 “ .41--1 “ .43--1 “ .45--0.5 “ .49--0.5 “ .52--0.5 “ .54--0.5 “ .57--1 “ 10.00--0.5 “ .02--0.5 “ .06--1 “ .09--0.5 “ .11--0.5 “ .13--1 “ Twenty-four observations made during the hour showed that the clotting time in this enraged animal averaged three-fourths of a minute and was never longer than a minute and a half. The clots were invariably a solid jelly. The persistence of the rapid clotting for so long a period after anesthesia was started may have been in part due to continued, rather light, etherization, for Elliott[115] found that etherization itself could reduce the adrenin content of the adrenal glands. The shortened clotting did not always persist so long as in the foregoing instance. The brief period of faster clotting illustrated in the following case was typical of many: Nov. 18.--A cat that had been in stock for some time was placed on the holder at 2.13, and was at once enraged. Two minutes later etherization was started. The hairs on the tail were erect. The clotting was as follows: 2.25--1 minute. .27--0.5 “ .28--2 “ .31--4.5 “ .37--3.5 “ .47--4.5 “ It seems probable that in this case just as in some of the cases in which the splanchnic nerves were stimulated (see p. 166), the adrenals had been well-nigh exhausted because of the cat’s being caged near dogs, and that the emotional flare-up practically discharged the glands, for repeated attempts later to reproduce the initial rapid clotting by stimulation of the splanchnic nerves were without result. Evidence presented in previous chapters makes wholly probable the correctness of the inference that the faster coagulation which follows emotional excitement is due to adrenal discharge from splanchnic stimulation. In this relation the effect of severance of the splanchnics on emotional acceleration of the clotting process is of interest. The following cases are illustrative: Oct. 29.--A cat was left on the holder for ten minutes while the femoral artery was uncovered under local anesthesia. The blood removed was clotted in a half-minute. The animal was much excited. It was now quickly etherized and the brain pithed forward from the neck. The tests resulted as follows: 10.51--1 minute. .53--0.5 “ .55--0.5 “ .57--0.5 “ 11.07 Cut left splanchnic. .12 “ right splanchnic. .21--3.5 minutes. .26--3.5 “ The original record of this case is given in Fig. 34.