Volume 1

The respiratory function of the blood / by Joseph Barcroft.

  • Joseph Barcroft
Date:
1925-1928
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Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: The respiratory function of the blood / by Joseph Barcroft. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS Preface to the First Edition of the Respiratory Function of the Blood.p. vii Preface to Lessons from High Altitudes ix CHAP. I. Mountain Sickness and its Cause .... 1 II. Some Places where Mountain Sickness is Studied • 21 III. The Dwellers at High Altitudes .... • 37 IV. The Colour of the Face and its Significance • 50 V. The Diffusion of Oxygen through the Pulmonary Epithelium.. . 63 VI. Muscular Exercise. 75 VII. The Hydrogen-Ion Concentration of the Blood 88 VIII. The Pulse. 103 IX. The Circulation Rate. 116 X. The Strain on the Heart. 131 XI. The Number and Nature of the Red Corpuscles 138 XII. The Mind. 155 XIII. Acclimatisation.. • 168 Appendix I. Physiological Difficulties in the Ascent Mount Everest. OF 179 Appendix II .' • 192 Appendix III. • 196 Appendix IV. • 199 Index • •»••••••♦ • • 201
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