“…Infants aged 24 days are liable to a febrile disturbance (inanition or desiccation fever) which coincides with the period of the lowest fluid intake (Figs. 3,5) [Faber, 1922;Kaufmann & Bickel, 1931]. This pyrexia has been shown to be accompanied by a diminution of the plasma water content [Bakwin, 1922].…”