American Gas Association Monthly, Volume 3

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1921

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Page 574 - of August 24, 1912, embodied in Section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, American
Page 574 - 2. That the owners are: (Give names and addresses of individual owners, or if a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent, or more of the total amount of stock.) American
Page 574 - 1921. State of New York / County of New York \ ' Before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Louis
Page 574 - are: (If there are none, so state.) There are none. 4. That the two paragraphs
Page 523 - his diaphragm. From whatever cause his diaphragm is paralyzed, it is self-evident that if the man's life is to be saved, artificial respiration must be employed until his disturbed nerve centers recover their normal functions ; that is, until he is able to breathe for himself.
Page 526 - William Murdock, the inventor, first burned the gas simply as a flame from the end of a pipe. One day in an emergency he wished to stop the illumination. Hurriedly looking around for something, Murdock seized his wife's thimble and thrust it over the light, which was immediately extinguished. There was a
Page 523 - minutes thus depriving him of air, he may perish. A man requires oxygen, of which the air contains 20 per cent, and he must eliminate carbon dioxide gas, the retention of which will itself paralyze his diaphragm. From whatever cause his diaphragm is paralyzed, it is self-evident that if the man's life is to be saved, artificial respiration must be employed until his disturbed
Page 564 - The Distribution of the Forms of Sulphur in the Coal Bed. By HF Yancey and
Page 524 - is felt to have compressed the parts, then the weight is suddenly removed. When the pressure is thus exerted on the lowest ribs the organs under the diaphragm (the liver, stomach, spleen, kidneys, etc.,) drive up the diaphragm; when the hands are removed, or the pressure remitted, the displaced organs drop back to
Page 524 - When the diaphragm is paralyzed, the man stops breathing, the heart action becomes feeble and irregular, and there is unconsciousness. This condition of suspended animation can arise from several causes: i. Electric Shock—By its action on the nervous system, the passage of an electric current may arrest the action of the diaphragm.

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