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be able to change to lighter underwear when experiment is finished. Nov. 

 4, complained of being cold and low body temperature. Nov. 12, some 

 bad feeling in stomach, but feels warm again. Nov. 21, slight cold. Nov. 

 26, sMght stomach trouble. Dec. 13, feeling well, notwithstanding cold in 

 head. Physical activities: According to personal estimate Sept. 27, about 

 25 hours a week spent in physical exercise, such as walking, playing tennis, 

 football, gymnasium work, etc.; captain cross-country team in college. Oct. 

 20, ran in 5-mile cross country race and won. Nov. 10, ran 5-mile cross- 

 country race and came in second, 20 yards behind first man. Nov. 14, 

 played football on class team. Nov. 17, ran 5-niile cross-country race and 

 came in second. Nov. 28, took part in hare and hounds race; pedometer 

 registered 6^ miles; time 54 minutes; reported he felt fine and never better 

 or as well as on that day. Observations before and after the race were as 

 follows: 



Before race {after breakfast): Lay down on bed, 9''30" a. m. Body temperature 98.6° F. 

 Pulse-rate 49.0 per minute. Average respiration rate (for 12 minutes) 18.3 per minute. 

 Alveolar carbon-dioxide tension 9''45"' a. m. 47 to 50 mm. Body-weight without clothing 

 62.0 kilos. 



After race: Body-weight without clothing, 11 a. m., 61.5 kilos; loss, 0.5 kilo. Lay down 

 on bed 11K)5'° a. m. Body temperature 97.4° F. Pulse-rate 80 to 68 per minute. Average 

 respiration rate (for 12 minutes) 23.3 per minute. Alveolar carbon-dioxide tension 

 11''25™ a. m. (after 20 minutes on bed) 43 mm. 



Dec. 4, observed in gymnasium class by one of us as doing as well as the 

 average of class. Dec. 12, remarked that it was the first time in 2 months 

 that he had been able to run up the three flights of stairs to the fourth floor 

 two steps at a time; felt fine. Jan. 15, took part in wrestHng match in 

 gymnasium at a public demonstration of Japanese and American wrestHng; 

 the round between Pea and his opponent was a tie, there being no sign of 

 inferiority in Pea. Feb. 1, at 12 noon, "chinned bar" 15 times; previous best 

 record 18 times two years before. Same date, in afternoon, took part in 

 arm-holding contest, continuing for full period of 1 hour. 



PEC. 



R. Wallace Peckham; born Sept. 12, 1873; home Springfield, Massa- 

 chusetts; age 44 years; height 170 cm.; nude weight 64.25 kilos. Medi- 

 cal examination: Oct. 2, 1917, negative other than moderate varicocele. 

 Family history: No obesity; no tuberculosis. College course: Secretarial. 

 Personal data: Captain of Squad A. Married. November 4, complained of 

 being cold and low body temperature. Dec. 10, uncomfortable feeling in 

 stomach as a result of eating too much. Jan. 23, complained of feeling weak. 

 Physical activities: According to personal estimate Sept. 27, about 25 hours 

 a week spent in physical exercise, such as walking, playing tennis, football, 

 gymnasium work, etc. Nov. 7, a large amount of exercise about this time to 

 reduce weight, including swimming 1 mile, running 4 or 5 miles, playing 

 soccer ball and handbaU. Nov. 15, played football on class team; discharged 

 during second half of game on account of poor playing. Feb. 1, 12 noon, 

 "chinned bar" 5 times; previous best record probably 5 to 10 times. Same 

 date, in afternoon, took part in arm-holding contest, continuing for 563^ 

 minutes of 1-hour period; fourth man of Squad A to fall out. 



SPE. 



Wesley G. Spencee; born July 16, 1898; home Andover, Massachusetts; 

 age 19 years; height 171 cm.; weight 63.50 kilos. Medical examination: 

 Oct. 2, 1917, negative. Family history: No obesity. One aunt, father's 



