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The same is again seen in the last of the groups below, but the 

 temperature on the forehead always reacts in the same way towards 

 changes in position. 



Mouth 



r 



35-90° C. Soon after waking. 

 35-83° - After dressing. 

 С 



36-17° - 



32-80° - 36-50° 



3200° - 36-35°- 



/ After breakfast, 

 \ room warmer. 



In the examples hitherto given no regard has been paid to the 

 temperature in the st position; but according to the available 

 measurements this seems to be like s. The question cannot, how- 

 ever, be answered decisively, as I specially noted in this position the 

 irregularity produced by the "unevenly distributed" outer tempera- 

 ture. When the room was at all heated, and this was somewhat 

 necessary with continued readings of the temperature, the tempera- 

 ture varied very appreciably at the ceiling and on the floor. Under 

 favourable conditions, on swinging the thermometer a little to and 

 fro, I found for the st position 4- 135°, for s -\- 1Г5° and for r -4- 

 10-5°; but sometimes I have seen my water-jug, which stood on the 

 floor beside the lighted petroleum-oven, freeze to the bottom, while 

 there was at the same time more than -f 20° at a man's height. 

 The berth was, however, placed at such a height above the floor 

 that the s and r positions differed but little as a rule; but there 

 was always a perceptibly higher temperature in the st position. 



