Sudden Changes in Pressure 

 Table XVIII— Continued 



873 



Experiment 

 number 



Duration 



of 



compression 



Ko 

 <u e 



Duration 



of 



Decompression 



Condition of animal 



DXLIV 

 DXLIII 



DXLIV 

 DXLV 



DXLIX i 



| 

 DL 



I 

 I 

 I 

 DLII 



DXXXV 



DLVII 



DLI 



DLIII 



DLIV 

 DLVI 



DLV 



DXXXII 



7V 4 I IVa min. 



I 

 I IV4 I IV4 min. 



I 7y 4 I 2 min. 



I 

 7V 4 j 2 min. 



I 



I 



I 



I 

 I IV2 i 2 min. 

 I ! 



I 2V 2 I 2 min. 

 ! 

 I 



7V 2 I 2 min. 

 7% I 3 min. 



8 3 or 4 



i 

 8 I 3 min. 



I 

 8V4 I 3 min. 



8V2 i 2V 2 min. 

 IV2 I 2 min. 



8 2 min. 

 8 2 min. 



•2 2 min. 



8V2 I 3 min. 



I 



I Paralyzed, dies after 25 min. 



i Gas in heart. 



i Paralyzed, inhales oxygen, 

 respiration resumed, gurgles 

 disappear. Remains para- 

 lyzed, dies; no air in blood 

 vessels. 



Dies in 25 min. Gas in right 

 and left heart. 



Paralyzed, dying; breathes 

 oxygen; better, gurgles disap- 

 pear; moves, uneasy, dies 

 after 1% hours; no gas in 

 blood vessels. 

 Slightly sick, recovers, 

 slightly paraplegic. 

 Paralyzed; gurgles. Oxygen. 

 Gas disappears, animal sur- 

 vives, paraplegic. Dying on 

 third day. 

 No symptoms. 



Oxygen inhalations. The be- 

 ginning paralysis is checked, 

 but dog remains paralyzed 

 several days. 



Dies quickly. Gas in right 

 heart. 



Dies in quarter of an hour. 

 Gas in veins. 



Oxygen inhalations. Paraple- 

 gia, no gas in heart; better; 

 dies during night. 

 Dies quickly. Air everywhere. 

 Animal of Exp. DLII. Slight 

 locomotor and sensory dis- 

 turbances. 



1 Same animaL Nothing. 



I Same animal. Nothing. No 



! gas in blood. 



I Same animal. Slight loco- 



I motor disturbances. No gas 

 in the blood. 

 Rapid death (25 min.). No 



I gas in heart; gas in all small 



I veins, portal vein, and ves- 



| sels of the medulla; 550 cc. 



I of gas in the stomach. 



