A summary of an inquiry into the function of respiration at various altitudes on the island and peak of Teneriffe

On the 19th March of last year, I presented to the Royal Society a short summary of an inquiry on the function of respiration at various altitudes in the Alps. The principal result obtained was that a greater quantity of carbonic acid was formed in the body and exhaled at the higher than at the lowe...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 1879
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1878.0163
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1878.0163
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Summary:On the 19th March of last year, I presented to the Royal Society a short summary of an inquiry on the function of respiration at various altitudes in the Alps. The principal result obtained was that a greater quantity of carbonic acid was formed in the body and exhaled at the higher than at the lower stations.