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3. Try to swallow with the mouth empty, and note the 

 result. 



4. Paint the pharynx and base of the tongue with 5 per 

 cent, cocaine solution, taking care not to swallow any. Try 

 to swallow. 



5. Listen with a stethoscope over the left side of the 10th 

 dorsal vertebra when a large mouthful of water is being 

 swallowed, and note the sounds that are heard. This and the 

 breath sounds (p. 55) are best heard with the clothes removed. 



6. Try this again after a rapid series of swallows. 

 Passage of food through the ileo-coccal valve. 



About 4 to 6 hours after breakfast listen for some time with 

 a stethoscope in the right iliac region, and note any sounds 

 observed. 



X. TEMPERATURE. 



The student should provide himself with a one-minute clinical 

 thermometer. 



1. (a) Take the temperature in the axilla and in the mouth, 

 and (6) take the temperature in the mouth night and morning 

 for a week, and record your results on a chart. 



2. Take the temperature of (a) the palm of the hand, and 

 (6) the anterior surface of the chest, placing the thermometer 

 under a layer of flannel, and (c) take the temperature 

 between the shirt and waistcoat. 



3. Take the temperature in the mouth and axilla after a 

 spell of violent muscular exercise, and repeat the observations 

 at five-minute intervals till it is again normal. 



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