79o 
ANIMAL HEAT. 
Animals. 
Average Rectal 
lemperature. 
Extremes of 
Observations. 
Number of 
Observations. 
Observer. 
Horse . . . \ 
B7°-9 (100°-2) 
37 D -2-38°-6 
On 150 horses 
Strecker. 1 
37°7 (99°-9) 
600 on 100 „ 
Fbhringer. 1 
37°-9 (100° -2) 
36°-l-38°-6 
On 212 
Hobday. - 
Ox 
38° "So (101°-9) 
37°-7-40°'3 
On 352 cows 
and oxen 
Robertson. 3 
( 
38°-9 (102°-0) 
38°7-39°-l 
39 on 1 cow 
Siedamgrotzky . 4 
Cow 
38°-6 (101°-5) 
37°-5-39°-4 
On 87 cows 
Hobday. 2 
( 
38°-6 (101°'5) 
37°-7-39°-6 
On 100 cows 
Singleton. 5 
' 
40°-6 (105*-1) 
40°-0-41°-07 
On 24 sheep 
Davy. 6 
40°-2 (104°-4) 
38°'5-41°-8 
284 on 6 ,, 
Siedamgrotzky. 4 
Sheep . 
40°'0 (104° -0) 
39°-7-40°-2 
On more than 
100 sheep 
Hobday. 2 
L 
40°-l (104°-2) 
39°'6-41 c -0 
On 100 sheep 
Singleton. 5 
' 
38°-3 (100°-9) 
190 on 17 dogs 
Siedamgrotzky. 4 
37°'91 (100°-2) 
37 -15-38° -45 
44 on several,. 
Hoppe." 
^g • 
38°-8 (101°-8) 
38° -3-39° -9 
6 on 6 ,, 
Obernier. 8 
38°-6 (101 o '5) 
38°-l-39°'2 
On more than 
200 dogs 
Hobday. 2 
. 
38°-8 (101°-8) 
38° -0-39° -S 
On 100 dogs 
Singleton. 5 
Cat 
38°-7 (101°-7) 
37°-9-39°-7 
On 41 cats 
Hobday. 2 
f 
39°-6 (103°'3) 
3S°-3-40°-8 
169 on 4 young 
Siedamgrotzky. 4 
pigs 
Pig • • .1 
38°-7 (101°-7) 
38°-7-39°'3 
On more than 
Hobday. 2 
100 pigs 
Rabbit . 
39°-2 (102 c -5) 
37 '3-39° -9 
72 on 27 rabbits 
Hale White. 9 
38°'8 (101°-8) 
38°'0-39°-5 
7 on 7 ,, 
Obernier. 8 
1 
3S°-7 (101°-7) 
37°-0-40°-8 
31 on 10 „ 
Pembrey. 
Ferret . 
39° -3 (102° -8) 
37°-9-40°-4 
On 8 ferrets 
Hobday. 2 
/ 
38°-7 (101°-7) 
38°-5-39°-4 
About 50 ob- 
servations 
Finkler. 10 
37°-93 (100° -2) 
37°-0-39°-2 
19 on 5 guinea- 
Pembrey. 
Guinea-pig . . , 
39°-21 (102°-6) 
37°'9-40°-2 
pigs 
35 observations 
Richer, 11 
1 
37 D "4 (99°-4) 
36°-0-38°-5 
40 on 4 guinea- 
Colasanti. 12 
( 
38°-85 (101°-9) 
38° -0-39° -6 
pigs 
30 on 1 guinea- 
Pitts. 
Rat (black and white) 
37 5 (99° -5) 
37° -0-38° -5 
pig 
16 on 4 rats 
Pembrey. 
Rat (white) . 
37°-96(100°-3) 
37°-4-38°-9 
60 on 2 rats 
Pitts. 
Mouse (black and 
37°'4 (99°'3) 
36°-l-38°-6 
27 on 8 mice 
Pembrey. 
white) 
Monkey (Rhesus) . 
38 Q -4 (101°-1) 
36°-9-39°-7 
22 on 2 mon- 
__ keys 
Hale "White and 
Washbourn. 13 
[ 
27 -5 (81°-5) 
25° -5-30" 
5 on 2 speci- 
Mikloucho 
| 
(cloaca or in 
mens 
Maclay. 14 
Echidna (Hystrix) i 
abdomen) 
32° -5 (90° -5) 
26 3 -5-34"-2 
7 on 7 speci- 
Semon. 13 
I 
(cloaca) 
mens 
Ornithorhynchus . 
24 D -8 (76°-6) 
24° -4-25° -2 
2 on 1 speci- 
Mikloucho 
(cloaca) 
men 
Maclay. 14 
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