May 7, 1917 
Effects of Exercise and Sun on Normal Pigs 
169 
normal resting pigs (see “Control experiments”). The average count 
before and after exercise showed 6,098,733 red cells per cubic millimeter 
before and 6,053,666 after exercise. 
Table I .—Effects of muscular exercise on 15 normal pigs 
BEFORE EXERCISE 
Animal 
No. 
Weight of animal. • 
Condi¬ 
tion of 
finirtiftl 
Color and sex 
of animal. 
Temperature of ani¬ 
mal. 
Blood. 
Differential count. 
Clotting time. 
Hemoglobin. 
Specific grav¬ 
ity. 
Number of ery¬ 
throcytes. 
Number of leu¬ 
cocytes. 
1 
j 
Polymorphs. 
Mononuclears. 
Eosinophiles. 
Masts. 
Lbs. 
°F. 
Sec. 
% 
% 
% 
% 
%- 
% 
6981. 
74 
Good.. 
Black and 
102.8 
65 
70 
1.070 
5,640,000 
14,000 
SO- 65 
46. 75 
i -3 
0.52 
0.78 
white f e- 
male. 
7073. 
IOI 
...do.. 
White male.. 
99-3 
70 
70 
1.063 
5,156,000 
33 , 000 
42.4 
51.42 
.16 
5 - 52 
•47 
7015... 
101 
..,do., 
Female ..*.... 
102.4 
70 
78 
1.070 
6,831,800 
14,000 
60.92 
25- 73 
.0 
10.0 
3 * 34 
7071. 
108 
.. .do.. 
Red female... 
102.4 
70 
65 
1.069 
6,196,000 
17,000 
50.97 
46.09 
.42 
a -37 
•14 
7160. 
85 
...do,. - 
White male.. 
101. 6 
55 
70 
1.064 
5,272,000 
19,000 
42. 25 
55-36 
1. 21 
.0 
■ 17 
7162.. 
88 
...do.. 
White female. 
103. 2 
40 
70 
1.070 
5,456,000 
19,000 
53-09 
43-43 
• 58 
2.31 
*58 
7216. 
hi 
...do.. 
Black male... 
103.6 
70 
70 
1.066 
5,520,000 
18,000 
56.92 
35- 86 
•19 
5-88 
1.14 
7217. 
102 
...do.. 
Black female. 
102.8 
35 
70 
1.071 
6,380,000 
15,000 
62. 83 
28.32 
•36 
5-13 
3*37 
7273. 
105 
...do.. 
Black male... 
102.4 
55 
70 
1.067 
5,960,000 
15,000 
70. 62 
24.48 
• 19 
4*33 
•37 
7271. 
105 
...do.. 
Black female. 
103.6 
35 
' 70 
1.070 
6,104, 200 
18,000 
68.43 
25. 42 
•34 
4. 26 
1-53 
7279. 
120 
...do.. 
Brown female 
103-3 
30 
112 
1.070 
7,580,000 
19,000 
59-17 
37*04 
1-54 
1-37 
•85 
7278.. 
no 
.. .do.. 
Black and 
101.8 
60 
102 
1.066 
5,976,000 
20,000 
57 - ©5 
26.61 
1.4 
13. II 
2.09 
white male. 
no 
do 
White female. 
102.8 
75 
112 
1.069 
6,217,000 
20,000 
/ u **••»••*••* 
6308.. 
no 
.. .do.. 
.do. 
102.2 
60 
115 
1.071 
7,568,000 
17,000 
58.88 
40.18 
•37 
•56 
. 0 
7272. 
130 
... do.. 
Black female. 
103# 5 
20 
100 
1.066 
5,624,000 
28.000 
59 - 98 
38. 61 
.38 
4. 82 
• 19 
Average... 
104 
1 
102. 5 
54 
83 
1.068 
6,098 ,733 
19,066 
56. 72 
37-52 
. 60 
4 - 30 
1.07 
AFTER exercise 
Animal 
No. 
% 
'2 
ii 
°8 
f 8 
$ 
Condition of animal. 
•8 
II 
& 
Blood. 
>> 
II 
I 5 
Differential count. 
S 
6981. 
7073. 
7015. 
7071. 
7160. 
7162. 
7216. 
7217. 
7273 - 
7271. 
7279. 
7278. 
7276. 
6308. 
7272. 
Average. 
Min 
30 
30 
30 
3 °; 
30 
IS 
IS 
30 
IS 
25 
15 
IS 
IS 
IS 
is 
Rapid breathing 
.do.. 
,....do.. 
-do.. 
_do.. 
.do.. 
Not much change. 
Rapid breathing.. 
_do. 
_do. 
-do. 
Not much change. 
Rapid breathing.. 
No change. 
Rapid breathing.. 
o F 
107. o 
107. o 
106. 9 
109-4 
107. 6 
106. 4 
105.9 
107. 8 
i06- 4 
107. 2 
108. 9 
105. o 
107. 7 
103. 6 
107. 8 
Sec. 
IS 
25 
20 
20 
20 
30 
30 
25 
20 
20 
20 
30 
40 
30 
IS 
% 
70 
80 
86 
77 
67 
75 
75 
70 
78 
78 
114 
100 
no 
112 
100 
.068 
,068 
. 072 
, 070 
. 062 
. 070 
065 
068 
066 
070 
069 
066 
068 
071 
066 
6,218,000 [31,000 
5,012,000133,000 
5,896,000 20,000 
6,040,00030,000 
5,140,000 25,000 
5,664,000 19,000 
5,350, oooj 16,000 
6,232,000 25,000 
6,120,000115,000 
5,912,000 24,000 
7,600,000(22,000 
5,856,000(20,000 
6,475,000(22,000 
7,826,000116,000 
5,464,000'22,000 
% 
31.11 
34-38 
37-24 
27.46 
28.46 
% 
66.66 
63.04 
58 66 
70. 74 
70. 23 
44 - 75 52 - 47 
57 - 57 34 - 78 
47. 58 48. 40 
56. 74 39 - 70 
57 - 07 39 - 56 
49. 83*48. 68 
53. 90 38. 05 
40. 81 
46. 74 
106. 9 
24 
86. 83 1. 068 6,053,66622,666*43. 83 52. 61 
% 
2. o 
. 11 
*93 
.96, 
1. o 
. 2 
.27 
.48 
•97 
*5 
.82 
•53 
% 
0.0 
• 23 
1.86 
•SS 
•33 
1.18 
S- 45 
2. 41 
2 - 43 
I- 34 
. 16 
5 - 67 
% 
o. 22 
•23 
1-3 
.27 
•33 
1.38 
1. 91 
I -13 
. 16 
1-34 
•49 
1.24 
53-46 
50.09 
1. 42 
3- 26 
2. 63 
1. 02 
•52 
I. 96 
■ 82 
Several investigators, working with the blood of man, have found a 
leucocytosis following muscular exercise. Hawk (5) cites three inves¬ 
tigations in which a leucocytosis was found after muscular work, the 
number of leucocytes varying from 11,400 to 22,200 (normal, 8,000 to 
