Abstract
The fluctuation of peripheral temperature of the patient under general anesthesia has been detected only by human sense or experience, and little has yet been studied quantitatively. The authors made an investigation on the fluctuation of temperature of the patients under general anesthesia by thermistor-thermometer. The results obtained are as follows : 1. In case of the children under ether anesthesia, the central temperature tends to rise in the course of time whereas the peripheral temperature tends to remain low. 2. In case of the adults under penthrane anesthesia, the fluctuation of central temperature is not remarkable whereas the peripheral temperature tends o descend in the course of time.
