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the temperature; Coze and Fely also proved an exact connection 
between the quantity of urine excreted and the temperature. 
Animals suffering from fever excrete one and a-lialf times more 
of both decomposed products than those in health. 
If we compare the relations of the temperature to the pulse 
and respiration, we find, as a rule, that in acute disease it stands 
in direct relation to the frequency of the pulse, but we do not 
find that a given temperature corresponds in any way to a given 
number of pulsations. A great contrast often exists between the 
temperature and the pulse. We may often observe an improve¬ 
ment in the pulse after the temperature has fallen, whilst in¬ 
creased warmth is often preceded by increased frequency of the 
pulse, but the pulse cannot be accepted as a scale for the degree 
of fever present. As a rule, we should always take that moment 
which presents the worst sign; thus, if the pulse is quick and the 
temperature moderate, the pulse is most important; and if the 
pulse is slow and the temperature high, then the temperature; 
and this relation is the more important the greater the contrast 
shown. 
There is no proportional relation between the temperature and 
respiration. 
In conclusion, I will give the researches of Bulkey, which are 
based upon numerous observations in different diseases, and which 
are commonly received as references. 
The daily observation of the pulse and respiration together 
with the temperature is often of the greatest importance for the 
(cliniker) practitioner. If the general symptoms harmonize with 
the temperature but not with the pulse, we may follow the first 
two in spite of the pulse not being in unison. When the pulse 
and the symptoms of the disease present an unfavorable course and 
the temperature points in the opposite direction, it is only valu¬ 
able when the temperature shows a marked and persistent im¬ 
provement. If the pulse and other symptoms show improvement, 
and increase of the temperature simultaneously takes place, it 
should always excite hesitation. In order to obtain the greatest 
advantage from the remaining means of research, they should be 
considered in connection with the temperature. By an exact and 
