Symptoms of Decompression 



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All these phenomena prove once more that the effects of de- 

 compression are identical with those of slow asphyxia, or, in better 

 terms, of breathing an air with low oxygen content. 



This identity is indicated again by an interesting coincidence. 

 The details of the experiments reported in, the present book show 

 that not only death but also the different symptoms appear in 



Fig. 53 — Asphyxia without carbonic acid. Number of heart beats P, P', 

 and of respiration R, R', in relation to the gradual impoverishment 

 of the air. 



