Physical and natural therapeuticsLea Brothers, 1895 - 426 pages |
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Page 17
... rise above the level of the sea the more rarefied becomes the atmosphere , and the less the pressure upon the surface of the body . At an altitude of 5500 metres the weight of a litre of air is only half as much as at the sea - level ...
... rise above the level of the sea the more rarefied becomes the atmosphere , and the less the pressure upon the surface of the body . At an altitude of 5500 metres the weight of a litre of air is only half as much as at the sea - level ...
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... grows somewhat somnolent . Foleif , however , has observed in some cases a state of cerebral ex- citement , with loquacity . During the rise of the atmospheric pressure the space occupied 22 PHYSICAL AND NATURAL THERAPEUTICS .
... grows somewhat somnolent . Foleif , however , has observed in some cases a state of cerebral ex- citement , with loquacity . During the rise of the atmospheric pressure the space occupied 22 PHYSICAL AND NATURAL THERAPEUTICS .
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Georges Hayem. During the rise of the atmospheric pressure the space occupied by the intestinal gases , as Panum has pointed out , diminishes , the entrance of air into the thorax being correspondingly facilitated . This , according to P ...
Georges Hayem. During the rise of the atmospheric pressure the space occupied by the intestinal gases , as Panum has pointed out , diminishes , the entrance of air into the thorax being correspondingly facilitated . This , according to P ...
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... rising and falling to maintain a constant pressure in exact accordance with the weight placed upon them , and independent of the volume of air inhaled or exhaled . Their available capacity is a little more than 800 cubic inches . For ...
... rising and falling to maintain a constant pressure in exact accordance with the weight placed upon them , and independent of the volume of air inhaled or exhaled . Their available capacity is a little more than 800 cubic inches . For ...
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... rise , theoretically , in the higher parts of the atmosphere , to a southwest wind in the northern , and a northwest wind in the southern , hemisphere . These winds exercise an appreciable influence upon the climate of 42 PHYSICAL AND ...
... rise , theoretically , in the higher parts of the atmosphere , to a southwest wind in the northern , and a northwest wind in the southern , hemisphere . These winds exercise an appreciable influence upon the climate of 42 PHYSICAL AND ...
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