This experiment was repeated several times, with four subjects, and
with both clockwise and anti-clockwise rotations, and the results were
uniformly as described above. In order to see whether this motion of
the after-image really depended on the slower nystagmiform movements,
the following variation was tried. It will be recalled that if the
head is rotated not about a vertical (longitudinal) axis, but about a
transverse axis, as, say, one passing through the ears, a nystagmus
is produced in which during the rotation the slower eye-movements are
opposite to the direction of rotation, while when the rotation is
checked or stopped, the nystagmus, as before, reverses. The same is
true if the rotation is about a sagittal axis. These conditions were
approximately realized by having the subject sit as before on the
rotary chair, but during the rotation hold his head horizontally to
the right or left, forward or back. With any of these positions of the
head, however, the rotation produced, on all of the subjects tried,
extreme dizziness and a feeling of nausea that lasted in some cases
for several hours. This fact made it impossible to ask for a set of
the four possible positions of the head from any of the subjects. The
following are the records that were obtained:
Subject Fl. Head horizontally to left; rot. anti-clockwise.
During rot.; after-im. moved clockwise, _i. e._, from
subject's brow to chin.
Eye-mov. not observable during rot.
After rot.; after-im. moved anti-clockwise, chin to brow.
Slow eye-mov. anti-clockwise, chin to brow.
Vis. field clockwise, brow to chin.
Subject H. Head horizontally to right; rot. anti-clockwise.
During rot.; after-im. clockwise, chin to brow.
Eye-mov. not observable.
After rot.; after-im. anti-clockwise, brow to chin.
Slow eye-mov. anti-clockwise, brow to chin.
Vis. field clockwise, chin to brow.
Subject H. Same repeated, with same results.
Subject H. Same as case of Fl., with identical results.
Subject K. Head horizontally to left; rot. anti-clockwise.
During rot.; after-im. not observed.
After rot.; after-im. anti-clockwise, chin to brow.
Slow eye-mov. anti-clockwise, chin to brow.
Vis. field not observed.
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