364 Mr. E. M. Corner and Dr. J. E. H. Sawyer. [Apr. 4, 



Disease. Injury. 



Proportion of death changes to total ... 51 -7 per cent. 46'0 per cent. 



rises „ ... 30'5 „ 37'3 



» falls „ ... 15-2 „. 8-7 „ 



From this table it would appear that changes of temperature, as 

 death approaches, occur less frequently in injuries than in disease, and 

 that this difference is due to the comparative rarity of death falls in 

 the former. The rises of temperature are present in equal proportion 

 in the two classes of cases. 



In the following charts an attempt is made to show the amount and 

 frequency of the various deviations of temperature : — 



CHART I 



CHART z. 



MedicaJ h, Surgical Rises of Temperature! No.ofjMedical ^Surgical Falls of Temp, 

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The following conclusions may be drawn from Charts 1 and 2 : — 



1. That death rises of temperature are naturally larger than death 

 falls. 



2. That small variations of temperature are more common than 

 large. 



3. That death rises are comparatively rare over 5° ; more so over 6°. 



4. That death falls are comparatively rare over 4° ; more so over 5°. 



5. That the variations of temperature in the medical and surgical 

 cases agree fairly well, although death rises in medical cases are 

 relatively more common from 3 — 4°. 



6. That death rises are more frequently of greater magnitude in 

 surgical than in medical cases. 



Charts 3 and 4 show the actual temperature at the time of death (or 

 rather the last recorded while life was still present) in cases in which 

 there had been a previous thermometric variation of over 1 0, 5. 



