A dissertation on respiration / translated from the Latin of Dr. Menzies ; with notes by Charles Sugrue.

Date:
1796
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Credit: A dissertation on respiration / translated from the Latin of Dr. Menzies ; with notes by Charles Sugrue. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    « cubic inches.” By the firft, was 12 “ By the fecond, 14 “ By the third, n# Thus Dr. Goodwin concludes the quantity of air infpired to be equal to 12 cubic inches, which are dilated by heat to 14; and as the quantity of aifremaining in the lungs, after an ordinary expiration, is near 109 cubic inches ; he concludes the proportion of the dilatation of the lungs, before and after a healthy infpi- ration, to be as 109 to 123. Although Dr. Goodwin has candidly men- tioned fome of the caufes, which render his ex- periments inaccurate; there are, however, others which clearly explain the difference between the refult of his experiments and thofe of Ju- rin. Tor befides the reliftance of the column of water to be raifed contrary to its natural gravity; as the fpace of time neceffary for the water to flow from one veffel into another, does not -^1 * Goodwin on the Connexion of Life with Rcfpiration.