Sudden Changes in Pressure 

 Table XIX 



879 



Species 



of 

 animal 



Duration of 

 decompression 



Condition of animal 



DLXVII | Rabbit | 10 



| Cat 

 (DLXVIIII Rabbit 



DLXIX I Cat 



I 



DLXX 



DLXV 



Cat 



Guinea 1 



1 Pig 



[ DLXVI | Cat 



j DLXXXI 

 | DLXXX 



Puppies 

 Adult 

 dog 



DLXXIX | Dog 

 DLXXIII | id. 



I 

 DLXXV I id. 



DLXXVIII I id. 



DLXXVI 

 DLXX 



DLXXIV 



DLXXVII 



DLXXII 



id. 



id. 



id. 



id. 



id. 



10 



5 hours of compression; 

 decompressed in 2 hrs. 

 2 m. per atm. 20 min. 



2 m. per atm.; 20 min. 



2 m. per atm. 20 min. 



From 10 to 5 atm. in 1 

 min.; from 5 to 1 in 30 

 min. 



1 hour from 7V 2 to 6; I 

 3 h. 45 min. from 6 to 

 4V 2 ; l h. from 4V 2 to 1. 



In about an hour 



3 min. per atm. 27 min. 



5 min. per atm. 50 min. 



I 



10 



I 



I I 



8 min. per atm. 1 h. 12| 

 min. 



10 min. per atm. 1 h. 

 30 m. 



From 10 to 6 in 1 min.;| 



from 6 to 1 in 1 hour.| 



I 



From 10 to 7V 2 , 8 m. 

 per atm.; from IVi to 

 6V4, 15 m. per atm.; 

 from 6y 4 to 4%, 9 m. 

 per atm.; from 4 ¥2 to 

 1, 3 m. per atm. In all, 

 1 hour. 



Abruptly from 10 to 8; 

 from 8 to 6; from 6 to 

 4; from 4 to 2; from 2 

 to 1. At each stage, 15 

 min. pause. In all, 1 

 hour, 10 min. 

 From 10 to 6 in 2 min.;! 

 left 30 min. at 6. From 

 6 to 3 in 2 min.; left 

 45 min. at 3. From 3 

 to 1, about 15 min. In 

 all about 1 hour, 30 

 min. 



No symptoms. 

 No symptoms. 

 Paralyzed after 1 hour, 

 lived more than 3 hrs. 

 Dies in 5 min. 23 cc. 

 of gas in heart (CO, 

 17, N. 84.1). 

 Taken out dying. 33 cc. 

 of gas in heart (CO, 

 17, N. 83). 



Dies in 15 min.; gas in 

 venous system only. 

 No symptom. 



No symptom. 

 Withdrawn dying. Gas 

 everywhere. 



Dies quickly. 

 Paraplegia. Died dur- 

 ing night. 



Gurgling; progressive 

 paralysis. Dies during 

 night. 

 No symptom. 



Slight symptoms; sur- 

 vives. 



Slight locomotor dis- 

 turbances; recovers. 

 Animal of Exp. 



DXXIX. 

 Completely paralyzed; 

 gurgling; dies in 20 

 min. Gas in all the 

 blood. 



Comes out of the ap- 

 paratus without help: 

 soon howls. 

 Locomotor disturb- 

 ances. 



Recovers and survives. 

 No symptom. 



