An Inaugural Dissertation on Animal Heat, 1810

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Excerpt from An Inaugural Dissertation on Animal Heat, 1810: Submitted to the Public Examination of the Faculty of Physic Under the Authority of the Trustees of Columbia College, in the State of New-York, the Right Rev. Benjamin Moore, D.D. PresidentIn treating on this subject, I shall first brie¿y state the phenomena which take place in every living animal with respect to heat, and then notice the various theories that have been from time to time advanced as to the cause of animal heat, toge ther with their proofs and objections.There are various degrees of animal heat. Some animals preserve a heat of 100 or more of Fahren heit's thermometer in all the different temperatures of the atmosphere. Others keep only a few degrees warmer than the medium which surrounds them, and, in some of the imperfect animals, the heat is scarcely one degree above the air or water in which they live. Animal heat is equally diffused over the body in health. Sometimes, indeed, the heat is less(8)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.