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that they are done for amusement. I think I can satisfy 

 the committee that this was not my motive, by citing an 

 experiment performed on myself about the same time in 

 connection with the study of fever. To satisfy myself 

 upon certain points in the production of fever I remained 

 for a considerable time in a bath sufficiently hot to pro- 

 duce high fever (103.5 F.) ; the headache, restlessness, and 

 general discomfort incident to this condition (iO3.5F.) 

 accompanied the experiment, and the prostration follow- 

 ing was extreme. 



GEORGE L. WALTON. 



