Excerpt from A Comparative Study of Temperature Fluctuations in Different Parts of the Human Body Practical experience has shown that a change in temperature amounting to 01 C. Is very likely to occur, even with enforced body quiet and rest; as a matter of fact, a normal variation in temperature amounting to C. Is easily possible in a period of 24 hours. If, as is wholly unlikely, such a large variation as C. Should take place in a shorter experimental period as, for instance, 1 hour, there would be, under the conditions previously cited, a liberation or storage of heat of calories. If this heat were stored instead of being eliminated, it is quite conceivable that during the 1-hour period the body would produce heat at such a rate as to raise its temperature C., with the elimination of absolutely no heat. While such conditions are physio logically impossible ia so short a period, yet when physiologists are attempt ing to measure the heat production for periods of 1 hour or less a knowledge of even slight variations in body-temperature is of great importance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.