The study to be reported, was undertaken to obtain further knowledge into the skin temperature changes which occur following burns and frostbite. This was stimulated by the availability of a new device for the assessment of skin temperatures. This device, the Thermoscan Model 102, was developed by the Radiation Electronics Company, a Division of Comptometer Corporation of Chicago. The Thermoscan has been used successfully by Dr. R. N. Lawson for the assessment of the temperature changes in human breasts. (94), (95). The measurement of the skin temperature has been used for many years as a means of assessing the activity of the autonomic nervous system and the peripheral circulation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.112956 |
| Date | January 1960 |
| Creators | Wlodek, George. K. |
| Contributors | Lawson, R. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Health Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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