Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1920 — Lack of Water in Blood May Increase Temperature [ARTICLE]

Lack of Water in Blood May Increase Temperature

- A new theory as to what fever is caused by is propounded by the New York Medical Journal. Recent studies prove that a lack of water In the blood may bring about a rapid and high increase in temperature, even a$ high as 120 degree F. Other investigators had reported temperatures of this abnorbut these bad not been accepted generally, it being believed that such temperatures were physically impossible. Their certification by later observers has aroused discussion of the question of the cause of fever. 1 r ~ ; '