86o 
ANIMAL HEAT. 
An examination of the cases of crushed spinal cord in man shows 
discordant results, in some cases a marked rise, in others a fall in the 
temperature of the body. The following table gives the chief data in 
some of the cases recorded : — 
Sex and 
Age. 
Seat of Injury. 
Temperature. 
Remarks. 
Observer. 
M. 
Crush at level 
43°-9 (111° F.), be- 
Diaphragmatic breath- 
Brodie. l 
of fifth and 
tween scrotum and 
ing ; respiration slow 
sixth cervi- 
thigh. 
and irregular ; pulse 
cal verte- 
weak ; countenance 
brae. 
livid ; death twenty- 
four hours after acci- 
dent. 
M.,28. 
Crush at level 
of fifth and 
sixth cervi- 
cal verte- 
35° (95" F.), rectal. 
Paralysis extended to 1 
in. above nipple line ; 
patient complained of 
feeling cold. 
Hutchinson. 2 
bra;. 
35 ' (95 J F.), rectal 
and axillary just 
before death. 
Death on fifth day ; no 
injury to other parts 
of body. 
M.,53. 
Crush at level 
Below 35° (95°), 4 
Complete paralysis of 
of fifth cer- 
p.m., first day. 
all limbs ; diaphrag- 
vical verte- 
matic breathing ; skin 
bra. 
Below 35° (95°), 6.30 
P.M., first day. 
Below 35° (95°), 11. 30 
p.m., first day. 
36°'8 (98°-2), morn- 
ing, second day. 
36" -9 (98° -4), even- 
ing, second day. 
38°-9 (102°), after- 
noon, third day. 
cold and dry ; pulse 
72. 
Skin cold and clammy ; 
patient complains of 
feeling cold. 
Pulse 50. 
Skin warm and dry ; 
pulse 64. 
Skin hot and dry. 
Death. 
M., 36. 
Crush at level 
36°-9 (98°-4), sixth 
Diaphragmatic breath- 
of seventh 
hour after acci- 
ing ; imjierfect paraly- 
cervical ver- 
dent. 
sis of arms ; patient 
tebra. 
38°'6 (10r-5), third 
day. 
38°-0(100°-4), fourth 
day. 
39°-0 (102°'2), fifth 
day. 
37°-45 (99°-4), sixth 
day. 
felt very cold. 
Skin of natural warmth ; 
pulse 72. 
Pulse 99. 
Face mottled ; pulse 84 ; 
death. 
M. 
Crush at level 
40°-0 (104 3 -0), first 
Slight power of moving 
Churchill. 3 
of fifth cer- 
day, axilla. 
shoulders and upper 
vical verte- 
arms ; skin flushed 
bra. 
40°-3(104°-5), second 
day. 
38°-9 (102°-0), third 
day. 
and very hot. 
Pulse 96, regular, quiet. 
1 Med. Chir. -Trans., London, 1837, p. 146. 
2 Lancet, London, 1875, vol. i. pp. 713, 747. 
3 Quoted from Hutchinson, loc. cit. 
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