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WHEN I was a boy I had an electrical machine and Leyden jar; there was also a dog in the family. As a matter of course I “electrified” the dog, and ever afterwards during the remainder of his natural life he ran away in extreme terror when a bottle was presented to him.
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WILLIAMS, W. An Experiment on Inherited Memory. Nature 23, 508 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023508a0
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