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  • A man being weighed on a set of scales, and a man with his head in a glass container; showing Lavoisier's experiments with respiration. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • The physiology, pathology, and treatment of asphyxia: including suspended animation in new-born children - and from drowning - hanging - wounds of the chest - mechanical obstructions of the air-passages - respiration of gases - death from cold, &c. &c. / by James Phillips Kay.
  • The connexion of life with respiration; or, an experimental inquiry into the effects of submersion, strangulation, and several kinds of noxious airs, on living animals: with an account of the nature of the disease they produce; its distinction from death itself; and the most effectual means of cure / By Edmund Goodwyn.
  • "De causis respiratione...", Vesalius, 1536
  • "De causis respiratione...", Vesalius, 1536
  • page 60, "De causis respiratione...", Vesalius, 1536
  • page 65, "De causis respiratione...", Vesalius, 1536
  • page 53, "De causis respiratione...", Vesalius, 1536
  • page 40, "De causis respiratione...", Vesalius, 1536
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  • page 98, "De causis respiratione...", Vesalius, 1536
  • Page 178 "De causis respiratione...", Vesalius, 1536
  • Page 142 "De causis respiratione...", Vesalius, 1536
  • Title page, signature of Vesalius, "De causis respiratione"
  • Tractatus quinque medico-physici / Quorum primus agit de sal-nitro et spiritu nitro-aereo. Secundus de respiratione. Tertius de respiratione foetus in utero, et ovo. Quartus de motu musculari, et spiritibus animalis. Ultimus de rhachitide [sic].
  • Tractatus quinque medico-physici / Quorum primus agit de sal-nitro et spiritu nitro-aereo. Secundus de respiratione. Tertius de respiratione foetus in utero, et ovo. Quartus de motu musculari, et spiritibus animalis. Ultimus de rhachitide [sic].
  • Tractatus quinque medico-physici / Quorum primus agit de sal-nitro et spiritu nitro-aereo. Secundus de respiratione. Tertius de respiratione foetus in utero, et ovo. Quartus de motu musculari, et spiritibus animalis. Ultimus de rhachitide [sic].
  • Tractatus quinque medico-physici / Quorum primus agit de sal-nitro et spiritu nitro-aereo. Secundus de respiratione. Tertius de respiratione foetus in utero, et ovo. Quartus de motu musculari, et spiritibus animalis. Ultimus de rhachitide [sic].
  • Opuscula sua anatomica, de respiratione, de monstris aliaque minora / recensuit, emendavid auxit aliaque inedita novasque icones addidit Albertus v. Haller.
  • Opuscula sua anatomica, de respiratione, de monstris aliaque minora / recensuit, emendavid auxit aliaque inedita novasque icones addidit Albertus v. Haller.
  • Opuscula sua anatomica, de respiratione, de monstris aliaque minora / recensuit, emendavid auxit aliaque inedita novasque icones addidit Albertus v. Haller.
  • Mouth Props, Inhalers and Respirators
  • Respirator designed by Rudolph Eisenmenger, of Hungary.
  • Photograph of a Engstrom respirator Modell 1
  • East-Radcliffe Respirator, model C.A.P.I.
  • World War I: poster for production of box respirators
  • The service respirator / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • The service respirator / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • The civilian respirator / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • The civilian respirator / W.D. & H.O. Wills.