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ON SOME OF THE MINOR FLUCTUATIONS 
No. VII.—From 11.10 p.m. til 11.55 P.M. 
Standing in aroom (temp. of 
air 53° F.) from 11 until 11.25. 
Fully clad until 11.9, when 
stripped, and nude at 11.10. 
Continued nude until12. At 
11.25 seated, and remained so 
until 12, on a bed. At 11.40 
put feet in water from 110°— 
114°, above ankles, and re- 
mained thus rest of time, main- 
taining the heat of the water. 
Chilly when feet in bath, not 
100° before. At 11.523 contracted 
limb muscles tonically, and 
maintained them so until 11°55. 
© Indicates temperature of pectoral region, two inches above nipple, taken with 
spiral thermometer, for five minutes. 
No. VIII.—From 11.25 p.m. till 12.40 night. 
99° 
Standing in a room (temp. of air 58° F.) 
from 11 until 12, and sitting during the rest 
of the time on a bed. Fully clad until 11.50. 
Nude from 11.52, and remained so. Feet a 
little cold at 12.20, and put them into hot 
water (108°<114°) at 12.21, gradually in- 
creasing the heat of the water. Kept feet in 
water, above ankles, until 12.40. 
On adding more hot water and putting feet 
in it chills followed. 
No. [X.—From 9.15 a.m, #11 10 a.m. 
95° 
100° 
Sitting all the while in a room (temp. of air 
52° F.), not far from an ordinary fire. 
Felt cold all over during the time. Reading. 
At 9.30 turned to the fire and put feet on the 
fender, having been previously quite at the side 
of the fireplace. As feet got warm, hands, 
which were previously warm, became cold, 
Clad in winter clothes. 
