HAROLD L. HIGGINS 



TABLE 2 

 BODY TEMPERATURE OF FASTING MAN 



(Table from Benedict.) 



The body temperature of a dog that died on the sixtieth day of absolute 

 starvation is outlined in Table 3. 



TABLE 3 

 BODY TEMPERATURE OF FASTING DOG 



Day of Fast 



Range C. 



(Data for table from Awrorow.) 



Similarly in undernutrition, unless the subject is unduly exposed to 

 cold, the body temperature does not become pathologically subnormal. 

 However, subjects in starvation and undernutrition experiments report a 

 marked sensitivity to cold, and prefer to have much warmer clothing than 

 that to which they are accustomed. (Benedict, Miles, Roth and Smith, 

 1919.) It is quite probable that many deaths said to be due to want of 

 food are really the result of exposure to cold.- 



Heat Production. The heat production during fasting shows a marked 

 fall. This is shown in Table 4. 



The heat production per day and also per kilo body weight becomes 

 gradually less for about fifteen days; thereafter, the heat production is 

 essentially constant. With undernutrition one finds a similar picture. 

 (Benedict, Miles, Roth and Smith, 1919.) In brief, the body seems to 



