III. On the chemical phenomena of human respiration while air is being re-breathed in a closed vessel
In June, 1889, I had the honour of communicating a paper to the Royal Society, which appeared subsequently in the ‘Philosophical Transactions’ for 1890. In this paper it was shown that the volumes of air breathed to form in the body and expire a given weight of carbonic acid exhibited a distinct ten...
| Published in: | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
1891
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1890.0073 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1890.0073 |
| Summary: | In June, 1889, I had the honour of communicating a paper to the Royal Society, which appeared subsequently in the ‘Philosophical Transactions’ for 1890. In this paper it was shown that the volumes of air breathed to form in the body and expire a given weight of carbonic acid exhibited a distinct tendency to fall with a local subsidence of atmospheric pressure, and vice versã . Since then an additional series of experiments, to which my present assistant, Mr. E. Russell, kindly submitted, confirmed this result. Fifteen experiments were made from 0 to 2 hours after a meal, and fifteen also from 2 to 4 hours after a meal. |
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