1872.] Alcohol and Exercise on the Body. 411 



Mean Axillary Temperature. 





Hours. 





12 noon. 



2 P.M. 



4 P.M. 



6 P.M. 



8 P.M. 



10 P.M. 



Exercise and 4 ounces of 

 brandy at 10, 2, and 



98-3 

 |98-4 



98-1 

 98-3 



98-2 

 98-1 



98-4 

 98-2 



98-3 

 98-26 



97- 8 



98- 26 



In three of the six hours the temperature was in excess in the water 

 period and in three in the brandy period ; but the differences between the 

 two series are not greater than between the hours of successive days in any 

 period, and are in opposite directions. 



Temperature of Rectum. 



First period. 





Hours. 



Mean 



Date. 













of 



March. 



6 A.M. 



10 A.M. 



2 P.M. 



6 P.M. 



10 P.M. 



day. 



13. 



98-0 



994 



99-3 



99-2 



98-4 



98-86 



14. 



980 



99-0 



99-2 



99-2 



98-6 



98-8 



15. 



97-9 



99-6 



99-1 



100-2 



98-6 



99-1 



16. 



97-8 



99-5 



99-3 



99-4 



98-9 



98-98 



17. 



97-5 



98-9 



99-4 



99-6 



98-5 



98-8 



Mean 















of 



1 97-84 



99-28 



99-26 



99-52 



98-6 



98-91 



hours. 















Exercise and brandy period. 



25. 



98-6 



99-2 



99-15 



99-3 



99-2 



99-1 



26. 



98-2 



99-7 



990 



99-0 



99-2 



990 



27. 



98-6 



990 



990 



99-4 



99-2 



99-0 



Mean 















of 



J 98-4 



99-3 



99-05 



992 



99-2 



99-0 



hours. 















The thermometer was inserted 4 inches into the rectum, and, unfor- 

 tunately, gave rise to some irritation, viz. a feeling of pain and heaviness 

 and the discharge of a little blood. We were obliged to discontinue the 

 observations for several days, and can therefore only compare the first five 

 days with the alcoholic period. 



The comparison shows that alcohol causes no depression of the rectal 

 temperature; there is even a slight elevation at 10 o'clock p.m., but as 

 the reverse is the case at G o'clock p.m., no weight can be given to it. As 



tol. xx. 2 II 



