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 De Saussure. Fodere. Halle and Nysten. Courtois. Legallois. 

 Dralet. Gondret. Fraser. Govan. Gerard Brothers. Hodgson. 

 H. Cloquet. Clissold. Roulin. J. Davy. Rostan. Cunningham. 

 Burdach. Poeppig. Boussingault. De Humboldt. Junod. Magen- 

 die. Favre. Barry. Martins. Rey. Tschudi. A. Smith. Hill. 

 Maissiat. Flechner. Brachet. Castel. Vierordt. Lepileur. A. 

 Vogt. Father Hue. Przevalski. Pravaz. Payerne. Marchal de 

 Calvi. Speer. Mayer-Ahrens. Lombard. Valentin. Heusinger. 

 Giraud-Teulon. F. Hoppe. Fernet. Longet. Gavarret. Duval. 

 Lombard. Martins. Guilbert. Jourdanet. His discussions with 

 Coindet. Cavaroz. Tardieu. Foley. Liguistin. Leroy de Meri- 

 court. Gavarret. A. Dumas. Scoutetten. Kaufman. Coindet. 

 Gavarret. Von Vivenot. Flemeing. Bouchard. Beclard. Hudson. 

 Piachaud. Lortet. Marcet. Forel. Clifford-Albutt. Dufour. 

 Javelle. Tyndall. Durier. Russell-Killough. Mistress Hervey. 

 Henderson. Drew. Burton. Hunt. Jaccard. Armieux. Gosse. 

 Jourdanet. The Academy of Medicine in 1875. Virlet d'Aoust. 



Chapter IV. Summary and Criticisms 315 



1. Conditions of the appearance of mountain sickness 315 



2. Symptoms of mountain sickness 328 



3. Theoretical explanations 335 



Pestilential exhalations. Electricity. Lack of oxygen in the 



air. Fatigue, cold. Theories of M. Lortet and M. Dufour. 

 Lessening of the weight supported by the body. Escape of 

 blood gases. Expansion of intestinal gases. Relaxing of the 

 coxo-femoral articulation. Other mechanical actions. Excess 

 of carbonic acid in the blood. Theory of de Saussure and 

 Martins. Theory of M. Jourdanet. 



Title II. Increased Pressures 353 



Chapter I. High pressures 355 



1. Diving bells 355 



Sturmius. Halley. Spalding. Brize-Fradin. Hamel. Colladon. 



2. Apparatuses constructed in the Triger method 358 



Papin. Triger. Trouessart. De la Gournerie. Blavier. Pol 

 and Watelle. Comte. Bouhy. Brunei. Cezanne. Regnauld. 

 Babington and Cuthbert. Francois, Bucquoy. Foley. Nail. 

 Hermel. Limousin. Bayssellance. Gallard. Triger. Barella. 

 Eads. Bauer. Malezieux. Unpublished information. 



3. Divers with suits 390 



Borelli. Halley. Leroy de Mericourt. Denayrouze. Gal. 

 Sampadarios. 



Chapter II. Low pressures 411 



Junod. Tabarie. Pravaz. Milliet. Sandahl. Tutschek. G. 

 Lange. Vivenot. Freud. Elsasser. Panum. G. Liebig. 

 Mayer. Marc. 



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