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TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE HUMAN BODY. 



mometers allowing simultaneous observations, each serving as a check upon 

 the other. With women, observations could be made simultaneously in the 

 rectum and the vagina. 



EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS. 



The results are expressed in the form of curves (see figs. 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13), 

 in which the depths of insertion are expressed by horizontal distances, the cor- 

 responding temperatures being represented vertically. The records for rectal 

 observations are marked R D and R s for the deep and shallow temperatures 

 respectively; in a similar manner the curves for the deep and shallow vagina 

 are designated by V D and V s . In some instances, when only a single thermom- 

 eter was used in either cavity, the subscript is naturally omitted. 



372C 



37.0 



36 8 



3 



u 366 

 CL 



z 



Id 



*" 36.4- 



36.2 



36.0 



7CMS. 



12 3 4-5 



DEPTH 

 Fig. 9. Observations on thermal gradient, with Mrs. B 1. 



In the experiment represented by fig. 9, observations were made on a woman 

 (Mrs. B 1) with one thermometer in the rectum and a second in the vagina, 

 the double thermometer not being 



used in either case. The actual tern- Table 5. Thermal gradient observations. 

 perature observations are given in 

 table 5. 



The results show that at a depth of 

 3 centimeters in either cavity the tem- 

 perature was over a degree lower than 

 at a depth of 7 centimeters. The rise 

 was rather regular and gradual up to 

 5 centimeters; beyond that point the 

 rise was much slower and between G 

 and 7 centimeters it nearly ceased, in- 

 dicating that in this case and under the conditions of the experiment, the maxi- 

 mum body-temperature was reached when the thermometer was inserted G or 

 7 centimeters in the vagina or the rectum. 



