NO. I 
NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA 
respiration as compared with the whites, and especially with the 
Indians. It is also absolutely somewhat lower than in the whites. 
This condition means probably, in the main, a somewhat lower 
intensity in the Kharga natives of general metabolism, which agrees 
well with the poorer nutrition of a large proportion of the Oasis 
population ; but it is doubtless also influenced by a greater heat 
radiation from the skin, due to the subtropical climate of the Oasis. 
As to age, the oldest Kharga adults show, as seen in the next table, 
a slightly lower average temperature than the youngest ones. The 
difference would be quite insignificant, however, except for the fact 
that it agrees with what is known in this respect of whites and what 
KHARGA OASIS: PULSE, RESPIRATION, AND TEMPERATURE IN 
RELATION TO AGE 
Fifteen youngest men: 21-26 years 
Fourteen oldest men: 55-65 years 
Age 
Pulse (sit- 
ting) per 
minute 
Respiration 
(sitting) 
per minute 
Tempera- 
ture (sub- 
lingua), 
grades 
Age 
Pulse (sit- 
ting) per 
minute 
Respiration 
(sitting) 
per minute 
Tempera- 
ture (sub- 
lingua), 
grades 
Years 
F 
Years 
F 
21 
72 
18 
98.0 
55 l 
(100) 
(17) 
(98.8) 
22 
81 
20 
98.7 
55 
92 
16 
98.6 
23 
72 
20 
97-4 
55 2 
62 
20 
97.9 
24 l 
75 
15 
99.1 
55 3 
78 
19 
98.3 
24* 
(72) 
(16) 
(96.2) 
55 
72 
17 
98.2 
24 3 
(84) 
d9) 
(99-2) 
55* 
90 
22 
99.2 
24 
78 
20 
99.4 
55 
6 9 
16 
97.6 
24 4 
96 
19 
99-3 
55 
60 
15 
97-7 
25 5 
81 
22 
97.7 
55 5 
84 
JQ 
99.3 
25 
74 
18 
98.4 
58 
72 
lo 
98.4 
78 
19 
99.1 
60 
72 
20 
98.7 
26 
21 
99-2 
60 7 
(72) 
(22) (99-6) 
26 6 
66 
18 
98.5 
60 8 
72 
14 
98.6 
26 
84 
18 
98.9 
65 9 
90 
20 
99-4 
26 
72 
18 
98.8 
Averages (exclusive of the cases in parentheses): 
24.3 
75.5 
18.9 
98.7 
57 
76.1 
18.5 
98.5 
X 3 P. M. ; tongue slightly whitish. 
* 10 A. M. ; low temperature pos- 
sibly due to hunger. 
3 Sore throat. 
A. M. ; tongue somewhat 
4 11-55 
coated. 
5 10.40 
coated. 
6 12.50 
coated. 
A. M. ; tongue slightly 
P. M. ; tongue slightly 
throat. 
2 2.15 P. M. ; tongue slightly coated. 
3 9.40 A. M. ; tongue yellowish. 
4 4.10 P. M. ; tongue yellowish 
coated. 
5 1.50 P. M. ; tongue slightly coated. 
8 1 1. 50 A. M. ; tongue slightly 
coated. 
7 10.25 A. M. ; tongue all coated. 
8 12.30 P. M. ; cause of slow respir- 
ation ? 
"3.15 P. M. ; tongue yellow-coated. 
