On a related note, the French mathematician/physicist JB Fourier, discoverer of - among other things - the partial differential equation that governs heat flow, believed that staying (excessively) warm would aid his chronic ill health. My History of Science professor told us that JB kept his home at a high temperature and himself forever wrapped in a blanket. On May 4, 1830 he tripped on said blanket while descending the stairs of his home, aggravating his condition and dying a couple of weeks. Arguably his death can be attributed to his fascination with heat.
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