Vapor pressureof alcohol (arbitrary scaleof unequal units based upon "number of droplets of alcohol;"see text), rather than temperature, is the signifi- cant variable determiningtime-to-death in fliesof a given age (Table II); both sexes. time-to-death from 10 to 25, with a slight, possibly significant, rise again at 35; variation in the proportion of males to females in the sample could be responsible for the differences, or variations in age.
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