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No. VII.— From 11.10 p.m. till 11.55 p.m. 



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Standing in a room (temp, of 

 air 53° F.) from 11 until 11.25. 



11.10 

 11.15 

 11.20 

 11.25 



































Fully clad until 11.9, when 



































stripped, and nude at 11.10. 



































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 11.35 

 11.40 

 11.45 

 11.50 

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until 12, on a bed. At 11.40 



































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99° 



100° 



before. At 11.52| contracted 

 limb muscles tonically, and 

 maintained them so until 11.55 



O 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. 



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 o ) 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. 



98° 99° 100° 



No. IX.— From 9.15 a.m. till 10 a.m. 



Sitting all the while in a room (temp, of air 

 52°), 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. 



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