Table I gives these averages for all the fourteen negatives. In four
of these (H 2, H 3, Tu 1, Tu 2) simultaneous curves for both eyes
were obtained. In every curve the slow eye-movements were in the
same direction as the previous rotation; the rapid in the opposite
direction. The very few single movements that are exceptions to this
are noted under Table II. Had the photographs been taken during
(instead of after) the rotation, the directions of rapid and slow
movements would undoubtedly have been reversed. It is to be noted
that when both eyes were recorded, their movements were generally
identical, within the accuracy of measurement (one sixtieth of a
second). There are a few exceptions to this. The averages of all slow
and all rapid movements merely show that in general, and for that part
of the nystagmus that was photographed, the slow eye-movements lasted
six times as long as the rapid ones. This ratio varies considerably
from one case to another, and at best throws little light on the whole
nystagmiform series, since during the very first instants after the
rotation the ratio of quick to slow movements would be less than one
sixth, and at the very end of the series would be considerably more;
this because toward the end the slow movements become much slower,
while the rapid seem to change very little. The variations from case
to case arise, at least partly, because in some cases the picture was
taken more promptly, after the rotation stopped, than in others.
TABLE II
All records in seconds.
Subject C. Subject H. Subject H. Subject Tu.
Film 3. Film 2. Film 3. Film 4.
anti-clockwise. clockwise. clockwise. anti-clockwise.
right eye. left eye. right eye. left eye. right eye. right eye.
slow fast slow fast slow fast slow fast slow fast slow fast
m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m.
to to to to to to to to to to to to
lft. rt. lft. rt. lft. rt. lft. rt. lft. rt. lft. rt.
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