J. Lindhard. 



up, disagreeable pains were experienced, resembling pains produced 

 by pressure on nerves. 



From these readings, which are not arranged chronologically, 

 but in such a way as to give the easiest view, it appears, firstly, 

 that all the differences are small, not nearly so great as those of 

 Thulstrup, but secondly that they have not the same sign, and this 

 is of vital importance for Ihe question, where to read the temper- 

 ature; since, clearly, we cannot know in what direction the differ- 

 ence will tend if we change from the place once taken. 



Nor is the rectal temperature the same under all conditions in 

 the various positions of the body; it may especially be higher in 

 an upright than in a lying position. 



Where nothing to the contrary is said, the retal temperature in 

 the following has been measured in the ampulla recti in a lying 

 position. 



Next to the rectum the mouth is the most frequently employed 

 for the reading of temperature. The thermometer is here placed in 

 the sulcus alveolo-lingualis. 



For this use a thermometer of the usual shape is less convenient; 

 on the one hand, such will disturb the tongue in its natural position 

 and thus prevent the receiver of the thermometer from obtaining 

 the closest possible contact with the tissues, and on the other it will 

 interfere with the upper lip and render the closing of the mouth 

 difficult. Thermometers of a special shape have, indeed, been con- 



