Investigations into the conditions governing the temperature of the bodj'. 25 



Mouth temperature 

 s r 



/5 07 4*55 p.m. 3730° C. After hard work in open air 



(temperature taken in room). 



5-30 p.m. 37-35° - ^g.^^^o ç^ ^ft^r meal. 



36-94° 

 36-70° 



36-70° - 



The temperature, probably heightened in the first instance by 

 the work with subsequent stay in temperate room, rises but little 

 owing to the meal and then falls rather quickly; but the fall is not 

 even, there is a pause or even a slight rise on the transition from 

 the r to the s position, but on the opposite transition the fall is 

 evident; in other words, there is a tendency to higher temperatures 

 in the s than in the r position. This appears more distinctly from 

 other series. 



10 06 



During the first 3 measurements the temperature in the room 

 was rising, then falling, and during the last 5 almost constant. 

 Each measurement took 5 minutes, simultaneously on the forehead 

 (glabella) and in the mouth. In the temperature of the mouth we 

 see the same tendency as above but more distinctly, especially in 

 the falling temperature of the last 7 measurements; appreciable fall 

 from s to r, a slight rise or at any rate no fall on transition from 

 г to s. 



The case is reversed with the temperature of the skin. When 

 the temperature in the room falls most strongly, there is a slight 

 fall from s to r (4th and 5th readings), then under the uniform 

 temperature of the air a distinct rise from s to r and a distinct 

 fall from r to s. The fluctuations are here much greater than for 

 the mouth temperature. 



