WHAT CONSTITUTES A LETHAL REDUCTION OF TEMPERATURE?
- 31 August 1934
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content
- Vol. 109 (3) , 447-449
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1934.109.3.447
Abstract
Rabbits (apparently ca. 160) were immersed in water and exposed to outdoor winter temp.; 62% of those whose body temp. had been reduced to 19[degree]C, and 15.5% of those whose body temp. had been reduced to 19-25[degree]C died; and death came to only 2.7% whose body temp. had been reduced to only 25[degree]C or above. The results show that a definite lethal temp. (above which life is always preserved and below which death always occurs) on exposure to cold cannot be stated.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: