Temperature of the Human Body in Health. 199 



It appears, then, that the fact o£ the fall being in the majority of 

 cases independent o£ the food, is presumptive evidence that the fall 

 which occurred on some occasions after 11 must be due to other causes 

 than the withdrawal of the influence of food. 



The Influence of Dinner on the Temperature. 



Observations made on the temperature before and after dinner 

 furnish * further illustration of the non-influence of food on the tem- 

 perature of the body. If food can raise the temperature, we should 

 certainly expect this to occur after dinner, especially in Mountain's case, 

 if we bear in mind that his breakfast was so small, that its effects on the 

 body must have ceased altogether before 12, his dinner hour ; and hence 

 the influence which food can be supposed to exert on the temperature 

 would in his case be manifest after dinner. 



The appended Tables give the results of the observations made on 

 Mountain and Eundell. We have not restricted ourselves to those days 

 when the temperature was continuously taken through both night and 

 day, this limitation being evidently unnecessary, but we have used all 

 the observations made on these lads. In every case their breakfast was 

 taken at 6 a.m., and their dinner at 12, or shortly after this. 



Xame and 

 Date. 



Time 

 before 

 dinner. 



Eise or Fall. 



Hourly. 



Dinner 



Time 

 after 

 dinner. 



Eise or 

 Fall. 



Quantity of 

 food taken 

 at dinner. 



Mountain. 

















Dec. 14 



9 to 12 



Eise 0-6 



o 



02 



12 



12 to 3 



Eise 2 



Full dinner. 













3 „ 5 



Fall 0-4 





„ 15 



10 „ 12 



„ 0-6 



0-3 



12 



12 „ 3 



Eise 02 













3 » 5 



Fall 0-2 





„ 16 



9„ 12 



„ o 







12 



12 „ 3 



Fall 0-2 



»> 













3 „ 5 



Eise 0-4 





29 



9„ 12 



0-4 



0-13 



12 



12 „ 3 



Eise 0-4 



>> 













3 „ 6 



Fall 0-8 





„ 30 



9„ 3 





0-06 



3 



3 „ 5 



o-o 



Dinner moderate. 



Jan. 2 



9„ 12 



„ o 







12 



12 „ 3 



Eise 0-6 















3 „ 4 



Fall 0-4 





„ 6 



9„ 12 



Fall 0-6 



0-2 



12 



12 „ 1 



Eise 0-4 



Full dinner. 













1 , 5 



Fall 0-4 





„ 12 



9„ 12 



„ 0-2 



0-06 



12 



12 „ 3 



Eise 0-2 



>> 













3 „ 5 



o-o 





„ 13 



9 „ 12 



At first a rise of 0°'2 



0-06 



12 



12 „ 3 



0-0 



Slight dinner. 







& then a fall of 0°-4 







3 „ 5 



o-o 



„ 14 



10 „ 12 







o-o 





12 „ 3 



Fall 0-2 



Full dinner. 













3 „ 5 



Eise 0-6 





EundeU. 















Jan. 6 



10 „ 1 







o-o 



1 



1 » 4 



Eise 0-2 



>> 













4 „ 6 



Fall 0-2 





* The detailed observations will be found in the Charts which give the diurnal 

 variation of the temperature and the influence of bath (Eoyai Society's Archives). 



