1874.] Influence of Brandy on the Bodily Temperature c. 179 

 Mean Temperature o Eectum in the three hours following brandy. 



On four of the brandy days the mean temperatures were quite equal 

 to four of the non-brandy days ; on one day (6 ounces of brandy) the 

 mean was, however, only 98'34, or 0'22 below the lowest temperature of 

 a water day. But this was accidental, and was owing to the thermometer 

 getting imbedded in a mass of faeces, which separated it from the intestinal 

 wall. Tor fear of spoiling the experiment, the man would not move 

 though he greatly wished to do so. That this was the real cause of the 

 diminution in this mean, is shown by the last day's experiment, when 

 with the same quantity of brandy the temperature was higher than on 

 four of the water days, and was 0*1 above the mean of the six water 

 days. It seems therefore very difficult to conclude from the mean 

 rectum, temperature of the period that there was an actual fall. 



In the period from 2 to 10 the mean brandy temperature was 0> 27 

 lower than in the water period. But as the observations were much 

 fewer at this time and were taken at much longer intervals, and as food and 

 exercise complicated the results, little importance can be attached to them. 



Although the mean temperatures do not, then, give a satisfactory answer 

 to the inquiry, it may be that an effect may be found in the initial and ter- 

 minal temperatures of the 11 to 2 period. This is shown in the following 



Table : 



3. Range of the Temperature from 11 to 2 o'clock. 



Axilla Temperatures. 



