DISCUSSION OF RESULTS. 



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and between the arms can be readily explained by the difficulty in securing a 

 proper position on account of the discomfort of the subject. It is of interest 

 to note that from 10 h 20 m a.m. to 11 a.m., the temperature between the arms 

 (curve M) followed almost exactly that of the rectum. 



The records of the measurement may be found in fig. 27, the designations of 

 the rectal and axillary curves being as usual. The curves for the thermometers 

 between the crossed arms and in the mouth are marked S and M, respectively. 



37 2C 



37 



368 



36.6 



36.4 



36.2 



36.0 



358 



35.6 



354 



8.50 AM. 9.10 



9.30 



9.50 



10.10 



10.30 10.50 11.10 



Fig. 27. Temperature curves for experiment of January 23, 1911, with C. H. H.; 

 10.22 a. m. to 10.27 a. m., body surface exposed. 



Experiment of January 24, 1911, with J. J. C. The conditions of this experi- 

 ment were essentially the same as in the experiment of January 23, save that 

 a different subject was chosen and the thermometer between the arms was 

 omitted. Two thermometers in the rectum were used at a depth of 8 centi- 

 meters and 4.5 centimeters, respectively, one in each of the axillas, and one in 

 the mouth. The subject slept much of the time during the experiment, and 

 there was consequently so much trouble in securing a proper closure of the 

 mouth that at 9 h 31 m a. m. the mouth thermometer was removed and replaced 

 at 9 h 44 m a.m. surgeon's plaster being used to hold the lips together. At 

 9 h 46 m a.m., the subject changed his position and lay more on his side. Be- 

 tween 10 h 59 m a. m. and ll h 03 m a.m., he drank 2\ cupfuls of hot coffee, the 

 thermometers in the mouth and the axillas being removed for this purpose. 

 The subject then turned on his side and the thermometer was replaced in the 

 left axilla. The thermometer in the mouth was likewise replaced, surgeon's 

 plaster being again applied. Near the end of the experiment, there were 

 indications that the shallow rectal thermometer was closer to the anus than 

 was reported by the subject; the wide discrepancies between the records of 



