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Clothing Test Methods, Edited by L.H. Newburgh (Physiological Tests) and Milton Harris (Physical Tests) of Subcommittee on Clothing of the National Research Council (U.S.A.) (1945) / Chapter Skim
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Standardization of Subjects (Talbott)
Pages 41-44

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From page 41...
... If a stabilization period provides sufficiently strenuous exercise to produce sweating this should be taken into account, since profuse sweating into thick garments may reduce tolerance times appreciably. Until it has been demonstrated that a stabilization period is necessary, it should be optional with each laboratory.
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From page 42...
... Since no clothing combination provides complete protection at rest for indefinite periods of the time below zero without supplementary heat, it is impossible to overdress a subject with functionally useful gear at these temperatures. In order that adequacy may be approached as nearly as possible, it may be desirable to provide for such items as a face mask in a footgear study at subzero temperatures.
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From page 43...
... If such a phenomenon exists, its magnitude must be very minute since no definite physiological effects have so far been accurately delineated. Many people believe that what has been glibly called acclimatization is really nothing more than be• coming used to handling oneself and ones clothing and equipment efficiently in the cold.
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From page 44...
... Except in a grossly inadequate sleeping bag, most of the body heat that is expended in warming up the bag immediately after entering it, is not lost. It would have been dissipated eventually in a 6-hour exposure period without reducing significantly the tolerance time.
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