The consumptive working man : what can sanatoria do for him? . MUNDESLEY COTTAGE SANATORIUM (1903). [Facingp. W MUNDESLEY COTTAGE SANATORIUM. 13 about during this hour on the next day, his irregularity ofhabit is shown on the temperature chart. The followingexamples show this point:— 1 102° I 101°* Day 100° 99° Norm nl \Vemperat. >of body ) 98c 97 C i? m 5«»e M^m Zl :=: Ki m £ 102° 1 1 1101 | Day 100° 99° Normul JTempera!. of tody I 98c 97. The first temperature record is characteristic of theapyrexial consumptive, whose temperatures are always takenafter resting; his daily curve of tempera
The consumptive working man : what can sanatoria do for him? . MUNDESLEY COTTAGE SANATORIUM (1903). [Facingp. W MUNDESLEY COTTAGE SANATORIUM. 13 about during this hour on the next day, his irregularity ofhabit is shown on the temperature chart. The followingexamples show this point:— 1 102° I 101°* Day 100° 99° Norm nl \Vemperat. >of body ) 98c 97 C i? m 5«»e M^m Zl :=: Ki m £ 102° 1 1 1101 | Day 100° 99° Normul JTempera!. of tody I 98c 97. The first temperature record is characteristic of theapyrexial consumptive, whose temperatures are always takenafter resting; his daily curve of temperature is constantlynormal and scarcely varies a point day by day. The patient 14 THE CONSUMPTIVE WORKING MAN. whose chart is shown was walking twelve miles a day. Thenext record shows a weekly temperature curve with severalirregularities. On the first, fourth and fifth days the curve istypically normal, but on the second, third and seventh daysthere are distinctly higher temperatures than usual, either atone oclock or eight oclock. These elevations of temperaturemight be due either to the rest hour being shortened, therethus not being time for the temperature raised by exerciseto fall to normal, or to the exercise taken having been exces-sive, the resulting high temperature not having fallen duringthe hours rest. In the case of the patient whose chart isgiven, one noted that the temperature on waking was con- i a ,_ ?L !? tTj o it t
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