366 Messrs. Parkes and Wollowicz on the Effect of [May ] 9, 



Fourth and Fifth Period. Brandy and after Brandy. 



Days. 



Hours. 



91 ot 1 0 fl 

 olBO, 1— n. 



oz. brandy. 



__nci. i _ n. 

 oz. brandy. 



Olrri 1 9 fl 



oz. Brandy. 



24th. water. 



25th, water. 



26th, water. 



9- ■ m 



uO — 





t7# O 



98-2 



08 





10 „ 



984 



98-8 



98-4 



985 



98-4 



984 



12 noon ... 



98 4 



99-4 



98-2 



98 



982 



982 



2 p.m. 



98-9 



974 



980 



984 



99 



99 



4 „ 



99 



98-8 



980 



98-4 



97-8 



98-7 



6 „ 



99-6 



99 



98-8 



98-8 



982 



98 



8 n 



99-4 



98-4 



98-8 



98-2 



98 



978 



10 „ 



99-2 



97-8 



982 



98- 



97-8 



987 



Means 



98-8 



98-5 



98*25 



98-3 



9817 



98-35 



If the means of the days of the 5 periods be put together, and the means 

 for each period be taken, the results are — 



Mean temperature. 



Before alcohol 98 207 



During alcohol 98 49 



After alcohol 98 266 



During brandy 98 51 



After brandy 98 27 



These experiments show that alcohol and brandy produce little change 

 in the temperature of the axilla in healthy men ; but what effect there is 

 appears to be rather in the direction of increase than of diminution. But 

 that the effect of 8 ounces (=227 c. c.) of absolute alcohol, taken in 24 

 hours, is really trifling is seen by the Table ; on the 13th day, when this 

 large quantity was taken, the temperature rose higher than on any other 

 day ; the thermometer was over 100° at 10 and 12 o'clock, and the mean 

 of the 8 observations was 99° ; it might have been thought that alcohol 

 really increased the temperature, but on the next day, with the same 

 amount of alcohol, the temperature was lower throughout, and the mean 

 of the day was only 98°' 1 . On the 12th and 13th days in fact the man 

 had a slight febrile catarrh, as will be noticed further on, and the tempe- 

 rature rose during this attack. 



We draw the conclusion that the changes in temperature in the axilla 

 were insignificant. 



