On the Fluctuations in the Number of wliite Blood Corpuscles etc. 



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The question is without interest in so far as Kjer-Petersen 

 maintains that the lowest value is the "normal" ; this is quite |а 

 barren contention. On the other hand, it is not excluded that the 

 result of these morning measurements may be dependent on special 

 conditions, perhaps on the succeeding morning meal. 



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Fig. 2. 



If we consider the 8 day-curves given above, it is not diffi- 

 cult to find in them a common type in spite of all differences. This 

 type is most distinct in the first two curves, which come from two 

 successive days, passed as far as possible in a uniform manner. 



On both days I was merely occupied with sedentary work, 

 taking no walks and meeting punctually to meals. The curves 

 are all formed in the same manner; there are three maxima 

 and these occur, in contrast to what is the case with the corre- 



