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had slipped out, it was unquestionably more or less covered by the labia and 

 the fleshy portion of the leg, so that the temperature was not extremely low. 

 The subject lay in a somewhat curled-up position after the placing of the ther- 

 mometer in the groin, which helped to keep the record of the vaginal ther- 

 mometer high in spite of the fact that it was not deeply inserted. 



An unusually long time was required for the thermometers in the artificial 

 cavities to reach constancy, this being unquestionably due to the imperfect 

 closing of the cavities. The curves for these localities follow each other quite 

 closely, but illustrate admirably the difficulty of securing proper temperature 

 records without special precautions for perfect closure. 



37.4"C 



37 2 



37.0 



36.8 



36.6 



36.4 



36.2 



36.0 



35.0 



35.6 



35.4- 



2.20 PM. 2.40 3.00 3.20 3.40 4-.00 4.20 4.40 5.00 5.20 



Fig. 16. Temperature eurves for experimeni of January 6, 1911, with Mrs. B 1. 



The results of the temperature measurements are given in fig. 16. The 

 curves for the rectal and axilla thermometers are marked in the usual way, 

 while the curve for the vagina is designated as V, that for the thermometer 

 placed under the breast as S, and for the thermometer in the groin as G. 



Experimentof January 7, 1911, wift J. J. C Both, the deep and the shallow 

 thermometers were used in the rectum, inserted to a depth of 10 centimeters 

 and 5 centimeters respectively. Temperature records were also taken simul- 

 taneously in both axillas, the arms being folded across the chest and held in 

 place by cloth bandages so as to insure perfect closure. The subject sat in a 

 chair during the experiment and was very sleepy. At 12 h 09 m p. m., both 

 axilla thermometers were removed so as to give more freedom of movement. 

 Between 12 h 16 m p. m. and 12 h 36 m p. m. the subject ate a dinner consisting 



