For a period of five days the temperature averaged continuously between 120 degrees and 125 degrees F.
In the discussion of the foregoing case, Welch of Baltimore referred to a case that had been reported in which it was said that the temperature reached as high as 171 degrees F.These extraordinary elevations of temperature, he said, appear physically impossible when they are long continued, as they are fatal to the life of the animal cell.
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.