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time, thereby placing these under precisely the 

 same circumstances. 



EXPERIMENT II. 



Temperature of the room 47, and of this rabbit, decapi- 

 tated, and inflated with warm air, 103i Five months old. 

 Time Minutes Thermo, in the Rectum. Temp, of the warm air. 



5 - 102 - 84 



10 - 103* gj*. 86 



15 . 101 . 86 



20 . 100 '"* 85 



25-100 - 83 



30 99 80 



35 - 98 84 



40 - 97 " - ' 84 



45 ,-,,,-j 961 80 



50 - 95i - 86 



55 - 94; - 80 



60 94 82 



This rabbit was decapitated, but neither inflated with 

 cold nor warm air. Its temperature 105 ; five months old. 

 Time Minutes. Thermo, in the Rectum. 



5 - 103i 



10 - 102* 



15 - 10H 



20 - 100 



25 - 98i 



30 - 97 



35 - 



40 - 95i 



45 - 94 



50 - 93* 



55 - 93 



60 - 92 



The following was decapitated and inflated with cold air. 

 Its temperature was 105 ; it was 10 weeks old. 



* I cannot account for this rise, it is the only case, in the 

 ivhole series of experiments in which this phenomenon occurred. 



