Movement 1. Anterior, inspiration.} " 2. Posterior, expiration.} _Inspiration._ " 3. Anterior, inspiration.} " 4. Posterior, expiration.} " 5. Anterior, inspiration.} _Expiration._ " 6. Posterior, expiration.} THORAX Movement 1. Posterior, inspiration.} " 2. Anterior, expiration. } _Inspiration._ " 3. Posterior, inspiration.} " 4. Anterior, expiration. } " 5. Posterior, inspiration.} _Expiration._ " 6. Anterior, expiration. } All of the preceding has reference to the Anglo-Saxon mode of breathing. Germans, under the same circumstances, will make movements of an inverse order. The first movement of the abdomen will be posterior, the next anterior, the third posterior, which will be succeeded by anterior, posterior, and anterior ones; while the movements of the thorax will be anterior, posterior, and anterior, succeeded by posterior, anterior, and posterior ones. This shows that _with Germans, expiration antecedes inspiration_, while _with Anglo-Saxons, inspiration antecedes expiration_. In our experiment, with Anglo-Saxons, _inspiration_ took place in the abdomen by two movements anteriorly to one posteriorly, and in the thorax by two movements posteriorly to one anteriorly; while _expiration_ took place by two movements of the abdomen posteriorly to one anteriorly, and in the thorax by two movements anteriorly to one posteriorly, as per this schedule: ANGLO-SAXON Abdomen 1. Inspiration, Ant., post., ant. 2. Expiration, Post., ant., post. ANGLO-SAXON Thorax 3. Inspiration, Post., ant., post. 4. Expiration, Ant., post., ant. In the case of a German, it would have been more proper, for our experiment, to have _first_ closed the muscles to the œsophagus, and then those to the trachea, as Germans first breathe into the œsophagus and then into the thorax. Had this been done, the result would have been inverse to that of our experiment, as follows: The first movement of the thorax would have been one of inspiration, the same as the first movement of the abdomen; and the second movement of the thorax would have been one of expiration, the same as the second movement of the abdomen, thus: GERMAN Thorax 1. Inspiration, Ant., post., ant. 2. Expiration, Post., ant., post. Abdomen 3. Inspiration, Post., ant., post. 4. Expiration, Ant., post., ant. _This shows that the movements of the abdomen are the reverse of those of the thorax_: With _Anglo-Saxons_, in such a manner that, while for the abdomen _inspiration_ takes place anteriorly, it takes place for the thorax posteriorly; and that, while for the abdomen _expiration_ takes place posteriorly, it takes place for the thorax anteriorly;