The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... respiration is ob- structed , the heart's action ceases , and it may be recalled by again introducing air into the lungs . Hence arises the impor- tance of inflating the lungs in instances of apparent death from drowning , & c . in ...
... respiration is ob- structed , the heart's action ceases , and it may be recalled by again introducing air into the lungs . Hence arises the impor- tance of inflating the lungs in instances of apparent death from drowning , & c . in ...
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... respiration , although the muscles of that function are so far inde- pendent of the will , that they act without any exertion of volition , and continue their functions during sleep , when all the vo- luntary powers are suspended . When ...
... respiration , although the muscles of that function are so far inde- pendent of the will , that they act without any exertion of volition , and continue their functions during sleep , when all the vo- luntary powers are suspended . When ...
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... respiration goes on , although slowly . The lungs are organs of secretion , and separate from the venous blood , circulat- ing through them in the pulmonary arte- ry , and loaded with serum , a very abun- dant watery vapour , called the ...
... respiration goes on , although slowly . The lungs are organs of secretion , and separate from the venous blood , circulat- ing through them in the pulmonary arte- ry , and loaded with serum , a very abun- dant watery vapour , called the ...
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