﻿NO. I 



NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA 



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respiration as compared with the whites, and especially with the 

 Indians. It is also absolutely somewhat lower than in the whites. 

 This condition means probably, in the main, a somewhat lower 

 intensity in the Kharga natives of general metabolism, which agrees 

 well with the poorer nutrition of a large proportion of the Oasis 

 population ; but it is doubtless also influenced by a greater heat 

 radiation from the skin, due to the subtropical climate of the Oasis. 

 As to age, the oldest Kharga adults show, as seen in the next table, 

 a slightly lower average temperature than the youngest ones. The 

 difference would be quite insignificant, however, except for the fact 

 that it agrees with what is known in this respect of whites and what 



KHARGA OASIS: 



PULSE, RESPIRATION, AND TEMPERATURE IN 

 RELATION TO AGE 



Fifteen youngest 



men: 21-26 years 





Fourteen oldest men: 55-65 years 



Age 



Pulse (sit- 

 ting) per 



Respiration 

 (sitting) 



Tempera-' 

 ture (sub- 

 lingua), 

 grades 





Pulse (sit- 

 ting) per 



Respiration 

 (sitting) 



Tempera- 

 ture (sub- 

 lingua), 

 grades 





minute 



per minute 





minute 



per minute 



Years 







°F 



Years 







F 



21 



72 



18 



98.0 



SS 1 



(lOO) 



(17) 



(98.8) 



22 



8l 



20 



98 



7 



55 



92 



16 



98.6 



23 



72 



20 



97 



4 



55 2 



62 



20 



97-9 



24 1 



75 



15 



99 



1 



55 3 



78 



19 



98.3 



24 2 



(72) 



(16) 



(96 



2) 



55 



72 



17 



98.2 



24 3 



(84) 



(19) 



(99 



2) 



55 4 



90 



22 



99-2 



24 



78 



20 



99 



4 



55 



69 



16 



97.6 



24 4 



96 



19 



99 



3 



55 



60 



15 



97-7 



25 5 



81 



22 



97 



7 



55 1 



84 



19 



99-3 



25 



74 



18 



98 



4 



58 6 



72 



18 



98.4 



25 



78 



19 



99 



1 



60 



72 



20 



98.7 



26 



73 



21 



99 



2 



60 7 



(72) 



(22) 



(99-6) 



26 6 



66 



18 



98 



5 



60 8 



72 



14 



98.6 



26 



84 



18 



98 



9 



65 9 



90 



20 



99-4 



26 



72 



18 



98 



8 











Averages (exclusive of the cases in parentheses): 



24.3 



75.5 



18.9 



98.7 



57 



76.1 



18.5 



98.5 



1 3 P. M. ; tongue slightly whitish. 

 2 10 A. M. ; low temperature pos- 

 sibly due to hunger. 

 3 Sore throat. 



A. M. ; tongue somewhat 



11-55 

 coated. 



5 10.40 

 coated. 



6 12.50 

 coated. 



A. M. ; tongue 



M. 



tongue 



slightly 

 slightly 



1 Sore throat. 



2 2.15 P. M. ; tongue slightly coated. 



3 9.40 A. M. ; tongue yellowish. 



4 4.10 P. M. ; tongue yellowish 

 coated. 



5 1.50 P. M. ; tongue slightly coated. 



8 11.50 A. M. ; tongue slightly 

 coated. 



7 10.25 A. M. ; tongue all coated. 



8 12.30 P. M. ; cause of slow respir- 

 ation ? 



9 3.15 P. M. ; tongue yellow-coated. 



