INDEX 



Acclimatization, to decreased pressure 

 balloons, 191, 192 

 Boyle's experiment, 201 

 in lofty places, 



animals, 61, 234, 1005 

 men, 54, 292, 293, 295, 960, 1000; Euro- 

 peans, 263, 323, 324, 960, 1000-1004; 

 native races, 321, 322, 960 

 Achard, experiments on compressed air, 



443 

 Acosta, description of mountain sickness, 

 24 



explanation of mountain sickness, 195 

 Aeronauts, physiology of, 981-991 

 correlation of physiological effects with 



altitude, 986-990 

 suggested precautions for, 990-991 

 Age factor in decompression symptoms, 



366 

 Alcock, Rutherford, ascent of Fujiyama, 



163 

 Alcohol, distaste for, in mountain sick- 

 ness, 216, 242, 251 



effect in balloon sickness, 176, 178 

 effect in mountain sickness, 34, 61, 65, 



76, 95, 99, 104, 105, 116, 117, 132 

 external use at high altitudes, 163, 189 

 Alps, ascents in, 77-120 

 early crossings, 5 

 individual peaks, 7 

 Altitude, variations in, in mountain sick- 

 ness, 316-318 

 Ancients, fear of mountains, 4 



precaution against mountain sickness, 

 196 

 Anderson, Tempest, buccal temperature 



during ascent. 957-958 

 Andes, see Cordillera 

 Andreoli, ascension with Brioschi, 181 



ascension with Zambeccari, 178 

 Anemia, of altitudes, 



Jourdanet, 259-260, 1004-1005 

 Anesthesia, from carbon dioxide, 921-924 

 d'Angeville, Mile., ascent of Mont Blanc. 



96 

 Animals, acclimatization of, at high alti- 

 tudes, 61, 234, 1005 



affected by altitude, 24, 28, 33, 135, 145. 

 153, 209, 960. See also Camels, Cats, 

 Cattle, Dogs, Hens, Horses, Llamas. 

 Mules, Yaks 

 in earlv experiments, 197, 198, 199, 200, 

 441, 443 

 Anoxemia, theory of Jourdanet on moun- 

 tain sickness, 255-261, 349-351 

 Anthrax, experiments on bacilli, 847-848 

 d'Aoust, Virlet, fatigue theory of moun- 

 tain sickness, 308-311 

 Apparatus, bellows for artificial respira- 

 tion, 591 

 compression chamber 756 



for determining lethal concentration of 



carbon dioxide in blood. 899 

 for elimination of carbon dioxide in air 



in closed vessels, 575 

 for extracting blood gases, 581-584 

 for extracting blood under diminished 



pressure, 594-596 

 for extracting blood under increased 



pressure, 615-617 

 for measuring carbon dioxide produc- 

 tion while breathing superoxygenated 

 air, 765-767 

 for oxygen absorption by defibrinated 



blood at high pressures, 654 

 for oxygen absorption by defibrinated 



blood at low pressures, 643-644 

 for oxygen provision in mountain climb- 

 ing, 996-997, 1008 footnote 24 

 for pressures above one atmosphere, 



552-555 

 for pressures below one atmosphere, 



507-512 

 for study of intra-pulmonary pressure, 



771-773 

 for study of putrefaction under con- 

 stant oxygen tension, 814 

 for use of oxvgen in decompression, 



695-696 

 gas meter, 758 

 mercury pump, 509 

 mercury reservoir, 588 

 rebreathing apparatus for dog, 629-630 

 Aquatic animals, tolerance of high pres- 

 sures, 1032-1033 

 Ararat, ascents of, 125, 126, 127 

 d'Arcet, Doubt of rarefaction of air on 



mountains, 213 

 d'Arlandes, Marquis, ascension with Pilatre 



du Rozier, 171 

 Armieux, Dr., report on chest expansion 



at moderate altitudes, 298-300 

 Arterial blood, oxygen content of; com- 

 parison of carotid and femoral, 587 

 Asphyxia, 928-935 



cause of death at normal pressure, 928 

 cause of death under decreased pressure, 



540, 579 

 comparison with decompression, 689-693 

 under 3 meters of water, 1010 

 Atkins, ascent of Mont Blanc, 95 

 Auldjo, ascent of Mont Blanc, 91 



B 



Babington and Cuthbert, dangers of de- 

 compression, 466 



symptoms in caissons of bridge piers, 

 371-372 



Bacon, Francis, explanation of mountain 

 sickness, 196 



Barella, symptoms of miners in com- 

 pressed air, 384-386 



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