In the same connection Shattuck of Boston added that he had
observed a temperature of 117 degrees F.; every precaution had
been taken to prevent fraud or deception. The patient was a
hysteric young woman.
Jacobi closed the discussion by insisting that his observations
had been made with the greatest care and precautions and under
many different circumstances. He had at first viewed the case
with skepticism, but he could not doubt the results of his
observation. He added, that although we cannot explain anomalies
of this kind, this constitutes no reason why we should deny their
occurrence.
Duffy records one of the lowest temperatures on record in a
negress of thirty-five who, after an abortion, showed only 84
degrees F. in the mouth and axillae. She died the next day.
The amount of external heat that a human being can endure is
sometimes remarkable, and the range of temperature compatible
with life is none the less extraordinary. The Esquimaux and the
inhabitants of the extreme north at times endure a temperature
of--60 degrees F., while some of the people living in equatorial
regions are apparently healthy at a temperature as high as 130
degrees F., and work in the sun, where the temperature is far
higher.
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