1872.] 



Alcohol and Exercise on the Body. 



409 



raised the mean daily beats from 62*2 to G5*8. Ia the next rest period 

 the mean daily pulse sank to 63*6, but rose in the exercise and brandy 

 period to 70"35. The effect of the brandy was therefore to cause a daily 

 increase of 6552 pulsations of the heart over the exercise period with water, 

 and an excess of 11304 pulsations over the first rest period. The effect 

 of the brandy is seen at once in comparing the hours 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 p.m. 

 in the two exercise periods. 



Mean pulse. 



Exercise on brandy . . . 



1 



2 P.M. 1 4 P.M. 



6 P.M. 



8 P.M. 



10 P.M. 



70-6 67- 

 74-3 75-3 



67-3 

 76 



66-3 

 76 



592 

 66-6 



At 12 o'clock the same fact would have been noted, but that on the first 

 exercise day the pulse was greatly augmented (to 92 per minute or 50 per 

 cent.) by marching eight miles in heavy marching order from 10 to 

 12 o'clock. There is hardly any form of exercise which augments the 

 pulse like quick movements, especially when weights are carried. In the 

 second period the corresponding exercise was digging, which increases the 

 pulse much less. Again, on the third day of the brandy period, he did no 

 work from 11 to 12 o'clock, as it was raining; and consequently at 12 

 o'clock on that day his pulse, which in the two previous days was 70 and 

 72, was only 58. These two facts explain the only exception in the Tables 

 to the rule of the excess of heart-beats, under the influence of alcohol, at 

 every hour. The effect on the heart was also made evident in a way pre- 

 sently to be noticed. 



5. The Temperature of the Body, 

 Axilla temperature (the thermometer was inserted for 20 minutes). 



Before exercise. 



Date. 



Hours. 



Mean 



March. 





















of 





6 A.M. 



8 A.M. 



10 A.M. 



12 P.M. 



2 P.M. 



4 P.M. 



G P.M. 



8 P.M. 



10 P.M. 



day. 



13. 



974 



97-2 



96-5 



97-8 



974 



984 



98-4 



97-8 



97-4 



97-6 



14. 



97-0 



97-8 



98-2 



97-8 



98-2 



98-3 



984 



98-0 



98-8 



980 



15. 



975 



976 



980 



98-4 



980 



9S-5 



98-8 



98-0 



979 



98-1 



16. 



970 



974 



98-8 



98-9 



98-4 



98-4 



98-4 



98-7 



97-2 



98-1 



17. 



97-2 



97-7 



98-6 



98-7 



98-5 



98-5 



98-4 



98-4 



976 



98-2 



18. 



97-2 



97-4 



980 



98-4 



98-2 



98-2 



98-3 



972 



972 



978 



Mean 























of 



972 



97-5 



980 



98-3 



991 



9S-4 



98-5 



980 



97-7 



97-98 



j m 



hours. 



















