Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-03
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MANS NORMAL TEMPERATURE
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Il 10 ss.s Degrees When Taken Under
the Tongue Whether One Lives il
the Arctic Regions or In the Tropics.
Some Record Fever Temperatures.
The normal temperature of human,
being is generally given as 9s.6 de-
grees, but the statement must be slight
~ qualified. 1t is the normal temper.
AZURE when taken by placing the Their
mometer under the tongue or in the
armpit or the groin. .@'".
The surface temperature Of the head,
hands or abdomen varies from 81 de-
grees to 90 degrees or even lower. That
of the internal regions may 60 up to
1922 degrees, that being the average
heat Of the blood circulating in the
But 9S.6 degrees is called the normal
temperature of human being, and it
doesn't matter whether he lives in the
desert Of Sahara or in Greenland, &C.
cording to writer in the Technical
World. Awake or asleep, at work or
just loafing, mans temperature re-
mains practically at this level. .
When 1t varies more than the fraction
of a degree it is because the heat reg
ulating mechanism Is disarranged by
disease or by, abnormal conditions Of
some sort; Excessively high measures
of heat may be borne for several min
utes by an individual without raising
his temperature more than a. fraction
Of a degree. Persons who sometimes,
are styled human salamahders have
given exhibitions Of their ability to
stand high temperatures. A..
There IL an authentic case recorded
of Martinez, the so called French sala-
mander, q baker by trade, who exposed
himself to high temperatures from boy
hood. He remained in an oven erected
in the Tivoli gardens for fourteen min
utes when the temperature in it was,
1888 degrees. His pulse on entering
was seventy six a minute and had
reached 100 when he came out. He
often duplicated this performance.
Chamouni, a celebrated Russian sal
amander, who called himself 1.-THE in
combustible," used to go into an oven
and stay while leg of mutton was
roasted there, not coming out until the
meat was well done. He eventually
lost his life in one Of these perform
a1ees. ,.. -
Fever is a rise Of temperature above
the normal level. This rise ia seldom
beyond 100 degrees. Mental and nerv-
GUS influences may SO act for a time -
to disorder the control Of the Their
motaxic nerve center and cause fever.
i 1T IA interesting to- note some Of the
high temperatures which are on. mod
ical record as having actually occurred
in certain diseases. Guys hospital in
London records the case Of q hyster-
ical woman afflicted with tuberculosis
Of one lung who showed, 120 degrees.
. At meeting, Of the Association Of
American Physicians In 1895 DR.. ia
cobb Of New York reported a patient
In whom fever reached the almost In
credible figure Of 14S degrees f. This
case occurred in hysterical fireman
who had suffered a severe injury from
a fall. .....
In the discussion which followed the
report of this case among the, mepbers
OF the association Dr.. WeIch Of Balti-
more referred to a condition Of hyper
thermy that had come to his knowl-
edge In. which, the temperature was
recorded as III degrees F. OF course
such exceedingly !, high temperatures
are Of only short duration or death
would ensue.
Fever IL not the. only disturbance
which may alter temperature. Certain
conditions, especially. those due to dis
eases like tuberculosis, acute alcohol
ism melancholia, convalescence from
fevers. poisoning from various drugs,
ana SO forth; may. cause the bodily
warmth to become subnormal. In.
turtles and surgical shock also orig1'
nate the same effect. Starvation al
ways induces q gradual fall.
Low temperatures are always dan
gerous, and unless a; reaction quickly
ensues, by aid Of relief measures,
fatal termination may be expected.
The lowest recorded during life that
may be regarded as reliable Is one re-
ported by Duffy in, which the ther-
mometer registered - degrees F.
Death ensued: the following day. j;
The body, however, can Withstand
extreme cold more readily than it can
extreme heat before the regulating
center becomes disordered, and 80,
other things being equal, freezing to
death fs not, az common IN cold cli-
mates as sunstroke Is In warm.
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