SOUTHWOOD SMITH, M.D., _Physician to the London Fever Hospital, to the Eastern Dispensary, and to the Jews’ Hospital_. Of the temperature of living bodies—Temperature of plants—Power of plants to resist cold and endure heat—Power of generating heat—Temperature of animals—Warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals—Temperature of the higher animals—Temperature of the different parts of the animal body—Temperature of the human body—Power of maintaining that temperature at a fixed point, whether in intense cold or intense heat—Experiments which prove that this power is a vital power— Evidence that the power of generating heat is connected with the function of respiration—Analogy between respiration …
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