42 THE LAWS OF ORGANIC 



Time Minutes. Thermo, in the Rectum. 



5 - 103; 



10 - 102 



15 - 99* 



20 - 98 



25 - 96* 



30 - 95 



35 - 93* 



40 . 92 



45 - 91 



50 - 90 



55 i 89 

 60 88* 



This rabbit was neither decapitated nor inflated. Its 

 temperature 105. It was ten weeks old. 



TimeMinutes. Thermo, in the Rectum. 



5 -' . 99* 



10 - 98 



15 ,-- 96 



20 ,,{ ; 95 



25 -* 94 



30 r!$? 92| 



35 J 91* 



40 - 90* 



45 - 89* 



50 - 88* 



55 - 87{ 



60 86f 



The four rabbits in the preceding experiment 

 cannot justly be compared with each other, on 

 account of the great difference in age. I have in- 

 variably found that animal heat diminishes much 

 more quickly, andtoagreater extent,in the young 

 than adult rabbit, and, moreover, that the vigour 

 of the animal seems to retard very much this di- 

 minution. The first two may be compared with 



