VI. An examination into the structure of the cells of the human lungs; with a view to ascertain the office they perform in respiration. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. Illustrated by microscopical drawings from the pencil of F. Bauer, Esq. F. R. S
No subject connected with physiological enquiry has more excited the attention of the anatomist and chemist, than respiration; but the association between this subject and animal heat, which has so long been supposed to exist, has led to the belief, for the last century, that both enquiries belong m...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rstl.1827.0009 2024-06-02T08:05:11+00:00 VI. An examination into the structure of the cells of the human lungs; with a view to ascertain the office they perform in respiration. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. Illustrated by microscopical drawings from the pencil of F. Bauer, Esq. F. R. S 1827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1827.0009 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1827.0009 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London volume 117, page 58-64 ISSN 0261-0523 2053-9223 journal-article 1827 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1827.0009 2024-05-07T14:16:37Z No subject connected with physiological enquiry has more excited the attention of the anatomist and chemist, than respiration; but the association between this subject and animal heat, which has so long been supposed to exist, has led to the belief, for the last century, that both enquiries belong more particularly to chemistry than anatomy, and I may probably be considered as going out of my province in taking up this investigation. On the other hand, I see reason to believe that the process of respiration is in itself more simple than is imagined, and more within the reach of discovery by means of accurate anatomical knowledge of the parts employed, than by means of acquaintance with the intricacies belonging to chemical affinities: I carry this so far as to contend that no explanation of respiration upon chemical principles is to be depended on, unless it accord in all respects with the anatomy and physiology of the lungs , by which the assumed process takes place. The present theory respecting respiration adopted by the chemists, is, that this process decarbonises the blood in the following manner; at every inspiration a compound of oxygen and nitrogen, mixed together, is received into the lungs, and in every expiration, the same volume is returned, measure for measure exactly, with this only difference, that what entered as oxygen is returned in the form of carbonic acid gas, which, according to their theory, proves that no part of the inspired atmospheric air has been retained in the lungs, but a quantity of carbon, equal to that of the oxygen inspired, has been extracted from the blood by the oxygen, making it become carbonic acid gas. Article in Journal/Newspaper Carbonic acid The Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 117 58 64 |
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No subject connected with physiological enquiry has more excited the attention of the anatomist and chemist, than respiration; but the association between this subject and animal heat, which has so long been supposed to exist, has led to the belief, for the last century, that both enquiries belong more particularly to chemistry than anatomy, and I may probably be considered as going out of my province in taking up this investigation. On the other hand, I see reason to believe that the process of respiration is in itself more simple than is imagined, and more within the reach of discovery by means of accurate anatomical knowledge of the parts employed, than by means of acquaintance with the intricacies belonging to chemical affinities: I carry this so far as to contend that no explanation of respiration upon chemical principles is to be depended on, unless it accord in all respects with the anatomy and physiology of the lungs , by which the assumed process takes place. The present theory respecting respiration adopted by the chemists, is, that this process decarbonises the blood in the following manner; at every inspiration a compound of oxygen and nitrogen, mixed together, is received into the lungs, and in every expiration, the same volume is returned, measure for measure exactly, with this only difference, that what entered as oxygen is returned in the form of carbonic acid gas, which, according to their theory, proves that no part of the inspired atmospheric air has been retained in the lungs, but a quantity of carbon, equal to that of the oxygen inspired, has been extracted from the blood by the oxygen, making it become carbonic acid gas. |
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VI. An examination into the structure of the cells of the human lungs; with a view to ascertain the office they perform in respiration. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. Illustrated by microscopical drawings from the pencil of F. Bauer, Esq. F. R. S |
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VI. An examination into the structure of the cells of the human lungs; with a view to ascertain the office they perform in respiration. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. Illustrated by microscopical drawings from the pencil of F. Bauer, Esq. F. R. S |
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VI. An examination into the structure of the cells of the human lungs; with a view to ascertain the office they perform in respiration. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. Illustrated by microscopical drawings from the pencil of F. Bauer, Esq. F. R. S |
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VI. An examination into the structure of the cells of the human lungs; with a view to ascertain the office they perform in respiration. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. Illustrated by microscopical drawings from the pencil of F. Bauer, Esq. F. R. S |
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VI. An examination into the structure of the cells of the human lungs; with a view to ascertain the office they perform in respiration. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. Illustrated by microscopical drawings from the pencil of F. Bauer, Esq. F. R. S |
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VI. An examination into the structure of the cells of the human lungs; with a view to ascertain the office they perform in respiration. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. Illustrated by microscopical drawings from the pencil of F. Bauer, Esq. F. R. S |
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vi. an examination into the structure of the cells of the human lungs; with a view to ascertain the office they perform in respiration. by sir everard home, bart. v. p. r. s. illustrated by microscopical drawings from the pencil of f. bauer, esq. f. r. s |
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