. Fever, thermotaxis, and calorimetry of malarial fever. days, but thatthe fever continues because of an alteration between heat productionand heat dissipation, without regard to an increased or diminishedheat production. These observations confirm the theory supportedin the preceding articles, which is a modified theory of Liebermeis-ters. The theory of Traube, that fever causes a vaso-motor spasm;that of Marey, that a vaso-paralysis exists ; or the more recent viewof Rosenthal, that of heat retention—all these theories containonly a germ of truth, that is, during the chill and fever there is
. Fever, thermotaxis, and calorimetry of malarial fever. days, but thatthe fever continues because of an alteration between heat productionand heat dissipation, without regard to an increased or diminishedheat production. These observations confirm the theory supportedin the preceding articles, which is a modified theory of Liebermeis-ters. The theory of Traube, that fever causes a vaso-motor spasm;that of Marey, that a vaso-paralysis exists ; or the more recent viewof Rosenthal, that of heat retention—all these theories containonly a germ of truth, that is, during the chill and fever there is alessened dissipation of heat when compared with the sweatingstage. Appended are the calorimetrical results upon which Fig. 2is founded. Chill T. = Air T. = Calorimeter T. = Temperature of exit air T. = Temperature of mouth = Amount of air aspirated through the calorimeter. A- MQ A- T- c. t. e. t. M. t. Meter !?!« 731 6So7°o 20 6 Litres 51-37 ».i8 ^ Weight 138^ 68 CALORIMETKY OF MALARIAL FEVER. H. = H. = A. M. A. T. 73- 1 74- 0 C. T. E. I M. T. MeterLitres 5040Weight T -°5 T C H. ^ H. P.^ =37i-i P. 3 75-373-9 .62 100. MeterLitres 4792Weight i3SU H. ^373-1Day After H. the Chill. A. M. A. T. 73-775-3 C. T. E. 2 M. T. 99-4 MeterLitres 5453Weight 136^ H. 55 =355-4 H. P.: 4 = A. 2. 2 2 74- 3 75- * 2 MeterLitres 5150Weight 136^ 61 n t\ H. D,= —335-8 TT T> . ri. r. 3 35 P. M. 2-35 70. 2271-75 22. MeterLitres 5215Weight 137M 53 5 H. D.: = H. P. =395-9 Normal Day- -One Week After He had a Chill. A. M. A. 2 C. E. 2 M. Litres 5251Weight .60 -35 H. =373-8 H. P.: 1= 8 ISAAC OTT. P. M.
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