Along with each thermometric observation, it is advisable to count the pulse, and the number of respirations [the average number of pulsations in a minute of a healthy adult are about 72, and the number of respirations about 16. In _young_ children and _infants_ the number of pulsations and respirations are usually much higher than in the adult, and so irregular that to the non-professional their value alone in diagnosing disease may be considered as doubtful, other signs and symptoms require to be more carefully studied, and taken into consideration along with them, and the temperature] that occur during the minute (the latter is easily done by laying the open hand on the upper part of the abdomen, and counting the number of _rises_) noting these, along with the temperature, and the time. Such data, if taken carefully and at regular intervals of time, form an invaluable means for assisting the physician in his diagnosis. EXAMPLE. +-----------------------+---------+---------+---------+ | | May 17. | May 17. | May 17. | +-----------------------+---------+---------+---------+ |Time | 9 A.M. | 12 noon | 3 P.M. | |Temperature | 98·4° | 100° | 100° | |Number of Pulsations | 72 | 80 | 80 | |Number of Respirations | 16 | 20 | 20 | +-----------------------+---------+---------+---------+ AITCHISON. [Footnote 5] _Medical Thermometry_, by Dr. C. A. Wunderlich, translated by W. Batherst Woodman, M.D. 1871, p. 6. APPENDIX E. List of articles required for carrying out the directions contained in this work: A set of Apothecaries' Scales and Weights (with an extra set of Weights). 1 Wedgwood Pestle and Mortar (medium size). 2 Measure Glasses (up to 6 ounces). 2 Minim Glasses. 1 Imperial Pint (20 ounces) Pewter Measure. 2 Glass Male (Urethral) Syringes. 2 Pewter ditto. 2 Glass Female (Vaginal) Syringes. 1 Metallic ditto ditto (large). 1 Enema Apparatus, fitted with metallic tubes, &c. Those with India-rubber or Caoutchouc flexible tubes are to be avoided, as they readily spoil in hot climates. 1 Self-registering Clinical Thermometer. 2 Earthenware Slabs for mixing Ointments, Pills, &c. 3 Spatulas varying in size and length. 1 Nest of Wedgwood or Tin Funnels. 1 Nutmeg Grater. 2 Lancets in a case. 3 Yards of best Diachylon or Sticking Plaster (in tin case). 2 Yards of Lint. 1 Small Actual Cautery Iron.⎫ For snake-bites, advised 1 Sharp Penknife or Scalpel.⎬ by Sir J. Fayrer. 6 Pieces of Whipcord. ⎭ See Appendix B. MEDICINES. (These had better be purchased from some good firm of chemists and druggists.) All should be kept in glass-stoppered, or well-corked bottles, protected, as far as possible, from the action of light and heat, and placed under lock and key; some special person being responsible for their being given out for use.