1870.] Action of Claret on the Human Body. 81 



(6) In the Rectum. 



Rectum before wine (thermometer inserted for about 3 inches, and kept in 



for 20 minutes). 







Hours. 







Days. 











Mean of 





8 A.M. 



12 noon. 



4 P.M. 



10 P.M. 



the days . 



1 st day . . . 



99 



99-6 



9995 



99-8 



99-27 



2nd day . . . 



yy a 



99-2 



994 



yy-2 



99-25 



3rd day ... 



99-8 



99 



99-2 



99-5 



99-37 



4th day . . . 



99-8 



99-4 



99-4 



99-6 



99-55 



5th day ... 



99-4 



99-6 



99-2 



99 



99-3 



6th day ... 



99-2 



998 



99-6 



99-6 



99-55 



7th day ... 



99-6 



99-6 



992 



994 



99-45 



8th day ... 



99-4 



996 



99-4 



99-2 



99-4 



9th day ... 



99 



994 



98-6 



99-0 



99 



10th day... 



98-6 



99-8 



99-4 



99-8 



99-65 



Means . . . 



99-2 



99-50 



99-29 



9941 



99-38 



The mean temperature of the rectum (taken four times a day instead of 

 three, as in the former experiments, and at different hours) was rather 

 higher than the mean of the former experiments, viz. as 99*38 to 99*066. 

 It was also more uniform, both from day to day and hour to hour. If 

 these four hours be accepted as giving the mean temperature of the 24 

 hours, the rectum temperature was 1°'654 above that in the axilla. 



Rectum during wine. 







Hours. 





Mean of 



Days. 













8 A.M. 



12 noon. 



4 P.M. 



10 P.M. 



the days. 



11th day... 



98-6 



99-9 



99-2 



996 



99-37 



12th day. . . 



98-4 



994 



99-6 



99-2 



99-15 



13th day... 



98-6 



99-4 



99-8 



99 



99-2 



14th day. . . 



98-8 



99-8 



99-2 



99 



99-2 



15th day... 



99-4 



996 



99 



99 



99-25 



16th day... 



99-8 



99-4 



99-6 



99-4 



99-55 



17th day... 



98-6 



99-6 



99-8 



99 



99-25 



18th day... 



98-8 



99-6 



99-2 



98 



98-9 



19th day... 



98 6 



99-5 



99 



98-4 



98-87 



20th day... 



99 



99-8 



99-4 



99-8 



99-5 



Means ... 



98-86 



99-60 



99-38 



99-04 



9922 



The mean temperature is o, 16 lower. It is curious that this is almost 

 precisely the same change as in the case of the axillary temperature ; yet 

 it is probably an accidental coincidence. The 4 p.m. temperature, which 

 ought to show the effect of wine, is slightly higher (0 o, 09) than in the 

 first period; the 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. temperatures are lower by nearly 

 0°*3, and the 12 o'clock temperature is higher by 0°*1. 



The differences are thus slight, and in contrary directions, so that no de- 

 cided influence, one way or the other, can, we think, be ascribed to the wine. 



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