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4. I-'it-ld, J., Fulirnian, F. A., and Alaitin, A. W. : l<2ffect of temperature on the oxygen con- 



sumption of brain tissue, J. Neurophysiol. ~; 117-126, 1944. 



5. Hollinger, N. 1"".: Studies on the influence nf tiiupcrature on certain aspects of metabolism 



in isolated mannnaiian skeletal nniscie and cerebral cortex, Dissertation, Stanford 

 University, 1944. 



6. Fuhrman, F. A., and Fulirnian, G. J.: b^ffect of temperature on the metabolism of rat skin, 



Unpublished ( )bservations. 



OXYGEN CONSUMPTION 

 RAT TISSUES 



KIDNEY 



LIVER 



HEART 



10 15 20 25 30 



TEMPERATURE •* C. 



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Fig. 1. — Oxygen consumption of rat tissues as a function of temperature. The rate of oxygen 

 consumption (QO^) is expressed on a wet weight basis for various tissues of adult albino 

 (Wistar) rats. All tissues were suspended in Ringer-phosphate-glucose medium with 100% 

 oxygen as the gas phase. The sources of data are as follows : Kidney — F. A. Fuhrman and 

 J. Field: J. Pharmacol. Exper. Therap. 75 .-58, 1942; Liver— F. A. Fuhrman and J. Field: Arch. 

 Biochem. 6:337, 1945; Heart — G. J. Fuhrman, F. A. Fuhrman, and J. Field: Amer. J. Physiol. 

 163:642, 1950; Brain— J. Field, F. A. Fuhrman, and A. W. Martin: J. Neurophysiol. 7:l\7, 

 1944; Muscle— N. Hollinger : Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University, 1944; .Skin— F. A. Fuhr- 

 man and G. J. Fuhrman : unpublished. 



