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toms may appear, unless such a measure should 

 be warranted by other signs than simply increas- 

 ed heat of surface. The blood did not exhibit 

 the buffy coat. 



CCXXV. It is often remarked, that fever- 

 patients are occasionally highly susceptible to cold 

 when the temperature of the body is probably 

 104 or 105. Dr CURRIE relates a case where 

 it was 109, and yet the individual complained 

 on the least exposure to cold. Whenever this 

 occurs, we ought to consider the whole or the 

 greater part of this additional heat as the effect 

 of diminished evaporation and not increased gene- 

 ration ; and, if this be allowed, it is easy to ex- 

 plain the great sensibility of the patient. 



The heat of the surface not being derived from 

 the augmented action of the heart and lungs, but 

 depending exclusively on the diseased state of 

 the capillaries of the skin, it is manifest that 

 the external air will speedily lessen the tempera- 

 ture, as it is not supported either by great energy 

 of circulation, or unusually stimulating qualities of 

 the blood. I cannot believe that a person whose 

 temperature is several degrees above the ordinary 

 standard will be particularly liable to feel the 

 immediate influence of cold, if such be the con- 

 sequence of, and maintained by, the vigorous ac- 

 tion of the lungs and heart. The Russian, after 

 having bathed himself for some time in the hot 

 bath, delights to run among the snow, and does 



