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autumn ; and though he did not complain of cold, his hand 

 felt cold. 



3. The wife of the preceding, the mother of several chil- 

 dren, 76 years of age; hale for her years, but blind from 

 cataract, complicated with amaurosis. Her temperature, 

 tried at the same time as her husband's, in June, was found 

 under the tongue to be 98°.5, her pulse 78, and pretty strong. 

 Tried again in October, it was found to be 98°, with a pulse 

 of 70 ; and again in February, on the 27th, it was found to 

 be 99°, her pulse being 80. 



4. 87 years of age ; a native of Ambleside, where she has 

 commonly resided ; feeble, but, excepting chronic cough, in 

 tolerable health. On the 26th of October, at 3 p.m., the tem- 

 perature under the tongue was found to be 98°.5 ; her pulse 

 84, and pretty strong ; the air of the room then was 57°, the 

 open air about 42°. 



5. On the same day, and in the same village, tried the 

 temperature of another old inhabitant, 92 years of age. The 

 thermometer under her tongue stood about 98° ; it could not 

 be determined with perfect exactness, on account of the tre- 

 mulous motion of her head, which also affected the limbs, 

 preventing the counting of her pulse ; her general health was 

 pretty good. 



6. An inhabitant of Ambleside, by trade a hatter, 89 years 

 of age, hale, able to walk to church. On the 27th of Octo- 

 ber, when the air of his room was 56°, the outer air 42°, his 

 pulse 64, strong and regular, the thermometer under his 

 tongue stood at 98°. Observed again on the 27th of Febru- 

 ary, at 1 P.M., just after dinner, when the outer air was 32°, 

 the air of his room 54°, the temperature under his tongue was 

 found to be 99°.5 ; his pulse 70. 



7. The temperature of his wife, two years younger, taken 

 on the 27th of October, was 98°.5 ; her pulse was 88, irregu- 

 lar ; she was very infirm, and suffering from asthma. 



8. A native of Scotland, 95 years of age, now residing in 

 Ambleside, where he has been many years, always in good 

 health, still tolerably strong and active. On the 28th of 

 October, found the temperature under his tongue 98o.5 ; his 

 pulse 66, intermitting; the air of his room 57°. The old 



