1870.] Action of Claret on the Human Body. 79 



(a) In the Axilla. 



The thermometer -was kept in the axilla for 20 minutes or more, while 

 the man was in bed and covered with the clothes. 



First Period. Temperature of axilla before wine. 











Hours. 











Mean of 



Days. 





















j 



6 A.M. 



8 A.M. 



10 A.M. 



12 noon. 



2 P.M. 



4 P.M. 



6 P.M. 



8 P.M. 



10 P.M. 



the days. 



1st day ... 



97-8 



98-0 



98-0 



98-0 



98-4 



98-4 



98-4 



98-2 



98-4 



98-17 



2nd day . . . 



974 



97-4 



98-0 



97-6 



98-4 



97-8 



98-0 



98-8 



98-0 



97-93 



3rd day ... 



97-8 



97-0 



97-4 



97-4 



98-2 



98-0 



972 



98-6 



98-4 



97-77 



4th day ... 



972 



97-0 



98-4 



973 



974 



97-4 



97-8 



98 



976 



97-56 



5th day . . . 



97-8 



97-4 



97-2 



97-0 



97-6 



97-6 



98-0 



98-0 



97-6 



97-57 



6th day . . . 



97-6 



974 



97-6 



97-8 



97-6 



97-8 



97-6 



97-6 



97-2 



97-57 



7th day . . . 



97-6 



97-8 



974 



97-0 



98-0 



97-6 



97-8 



97-6 



97-4 



97-57 



8th day ... 



97-8 



97-6 



972 



97-8 



97-8 



97-4 



97-6 



98-0 



97-4 



97-62 



9th day ... 



97-4 



97-2 



98-2 



97-6 



98-2 



97-6 



98-0 



97-4 



98-0 



97-73 



10th day... 



970 



97-4 



98-0 



98-0 



98-2 



97-4 



97-8 



98-8 



97-4 



97-77 



Means 



9754 



97-42 



9774 



97-55 



97-98 



97-70 



97-82 



98-10 



97-74 



97-726 



It will be seen on reading the last line (mean of the hours) that the tem- 

 perature follows the same course as the pulse in being manifestly influenced 

 by food, and rising after breakfast, dinner, and tea. The only exception 

 (and this is perhaps apparent only) is at 8 p.m., when the mean tempera- 

 ture is higher than at 6 p.m. while the pulse is falling ; but this was per- 

 haps accidental, i. e. a longer series of observations might have given 

 different results ; for in three observations the temperature was higher at 

 6 o'clock, and in three it was equal, while in the other four, when it was 

 highest at 8 o'clock, there were two exceptional high temperatures which 

 augmented the mean amount. In the next period the mean temperature 

 at 8 p.m. was lower than at 6. 



We were unable to see any diurnal change of temperature in this man 

 apart from food ; there was no afternoon or evening rise of temperature, 

 dependent solely on the time of day. 



The temperature was more uniform than in the experiments in February, 



Second Period. Temperature of axilla during wine. 











Hours. 











Mean of 



Days. 























6 A.M. 



8 A.M. 



10 A.M. 



12 noon. 



2 P.M. 



4 P.M. 



6 P.M. 



8 P.M. 



10 P.M. 



the days. 



11th day... 



97-0 



97-2 



97-6 



97-8 



98-0 



976 



97-6 



97-8 



97-4 



97-55 



12th day... 



97-2 



97-4 



97-0 



974 



97-0 



97-2 



98-0 



97-6 



97-4 



97-35 



13th day... 



97-0 



97-2 



97-6 



97-6 



980 



97-4 



98-2 



97-4 



97-0 



97-48 



14th day... 



96-8 



970 



97-8 



97-2 



980 



97-8 



98-4 



98-0 



97-6 



97-4 



15th day... 



97-4 



97-6 



98-0 



97-4 



98-2 



98-2 



980 



98-2 



97-8 



97-85 



16th day... 



97-4 



97-8 



97-4 



98-0 



97-8 



98-0 



98-0 



97-6 



97-6 



97-73 



17th day... 



96-8 



97-0 



97-4 



97-4 



98-0 



97-8 



97-4 



970 



970 



97-31 



18th day. . . 



97-2 



97-2 



97-6 



98-0 



97-8 



97-6 



97-4 



not 



taken 



97-54 



19th day... 



976 



98-0 



97-4 



97-4 



98-2 



97-8 



98-0 



97-8 



98-0 



97-8 



20th day... 



96-8 



97-0 



98-0 



97-8 



98-0 



97-4 



97-8 



97-6 



97-8 



97-59 



Means 



97-12 



97-3 



97-58 



97-60 



97-90 



97-68 



97-88 



97-66 



97-50 



97-56 



