200 Prof. S. Einger and Mr. A. P. Stuart on the 



This Table shows the results of eleven observations ; and we gather 

 that the rise between 9 a.m. and 12 (noon) was always very small ; and on 

 some days none took place, as the hourly rise during these 3 hours on 



4 occasions was nil 



1 occasion it was 0°-2 



1 „ „ 0°-3 



1 „ r „ 0°-13 



2 occasions it was o, 06 



In two instances there was an hourly fall, once of o, 2 and once 

 of 0°-6. 



We now add a Table indicating the alterations in the temperature 



during three hours after dinner. 



o 



On 4 days the temperature rose 0-2 



„ 2 „ it fell 0-2 



„ 2 „ it rose 0*4 



„ 1 day it rose 0*6 



On two days there was no alteration. 



So slight a rise of o, 2 is so easily produced by accidental causes, that, 

 as we have before said, it may be almost disregarded. On this supposi- 

 tion, then, it appears that on six of the ten days the rise was nil or 

 practically unappreciable, and on other days the rise was very small. 



It may be fairly said that we shall elicit surer information as to the 

 influence of the dinner, if we observe how the temperature comported 

 itself between three and five o'clock, when the food influence on the body 

 may be supposed to be at the maximum. The following Table exhibits 

 the temperature during these hours, in the case of Mountain : — 



On 2 days the temperature remained unaltered. 



„ 2 „ it fell 0-2 



j» 3 ,, j, 0*4 



„ Iday „ 0-8 



The temperature rose on two days only, and on each instance o, 4. 



Here we close our investigations on the influence of food on the lads 

 Mountain and Eundell. We cannot absolutely say that food does not 

 in any case raise the body temperature ; yet it is clear that its influence 

 in this respect, if any, on persons in health and well nourished is very 

 slight indeed. 



We may further add that these observations are opposed to the state- 

 ment made by Dr. John Davy, to the effect that a fall in the temperature 

 occurs immediately after food. 



We give a few further tabular observations on the after-dinner tem- 

 perature made on Redeem, Gribbs, Thompson, Earmelow, and Grarnes. 



