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Index 



Barral, meteorological balloon ascension, 



185 

 Barry, Dr. Martin, ascent of Mont Blanc, 

 95 

 discussed in Bibliolheque universelle of 

 Geneva, 230 

 Bauer, Dr., report of Eads Bridge patients, 



387-388 

 Baysellance, report of caisson explosion, 



382-383 

 Beale, Boyle's suggestions to, 203 

 Beaufoy, balloon ascension, 182 

 Beaufoy, Col, ascent of Mont Blanc, 84 

 Beclard, physiological effects of altitude, 



382 

 Bembo, ascent of Etna, 69 

 Bernard, Claude, effect of capacity of ves- 

 sel on duration of life, 532 

 effect of illness on oxygen consumption, 



529 

 experiments of, 560 

 lethal tension of carbon dioxide, 558 

 methods in toxicology, 839 

 sugar in liver in asphyxia, 689 

 theory of asphyxia, 506 

 Bertin, Eugene, therapeutic use of com- 

 pressed air, 454-455 

 Biot, ascension with Gay-Lussac, 179 

 Birds, effect of diminished pressure on, 

 176, 180, 190, 200, 211, 963, 976 

 comment on van Musschenbroeck on, 199 

 living at high altitudes, 57, 62, 159 

 used in Bert's experiments, 



greenfinch (Loxia chloris, Lin.), 570, 



693 

 green grosbeak (Fringilla chloris, Lin.), 



696 

 gull (Larus ridibundus, Lin.), 686 

 hawk (Falco tinnunculus, Lin.), 542. 



686 

 linnet. (Fringilla cannabina), 556-557, 



565 

 owl (Strix psilodactyla, Lin.), 540-541 

 sparrow (Fringilla domestica and Frin- 

 gilla montana, Lin.), 513-538, 555-557, 

 559-563, 565-567, 570-573, 685-686, 694- 

 696, 697-699, 706-707, 710-713, 717-718, 

 737, 745, 856, 859-860 

 starling, 674 



yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella, 556 

 Bixio, balloon ascension with Barral, 185 

 Blanchard, ascension from Ghent, 173 

 ascension with five balloons, 175 

 controversy with de Lalande, 174 

 Blanchard, Mme., ascension from Turin, 



182 

 Blavier, ascent of the Peak of Teneriffe. 

 75 



physiological effects of compressed air, 

 361 

 Blindness, from decompression, 365, 385, 



389, 492 

 Blood, color of, as indicative of oxygen 

 content, 939 

 in compressed air, 364, 365, 366, 367, 375, 



542, 458, 461, 491 

 in Mexico, 980, 1000 

 in puppies, 939 



experiments on, carbon dioxide accumu- 

 lation in, 913 



carbon dioxide content of, 941 

 dissolved carbon dioxide of, 944-945 

 gases of, 646-657, 858 

 putrefaction in, 817-818 

 exposed to high oxygen tension in trans- 

 fusion, 842 

 Blood gases, 

 apparatus for extraction of. 581-584 

 discussion of, 935-946 

 early experiments on, 

 Boyle, 201 

 E. Darwin, 207 

 John Davy, 224 

 effect of diminished pressure on, 615 

 escape of, in mountain sickness, 342-343 



Gavarret, 279 

 Guilbert, 254 



in sudden decompression, 882-883 

 under diminished pressure, 460, 486, 858 

 Boyle, 201 

 Hoppe, 247 

 experimental procedure for extraction 



of, 584-585, 935 

 in asphyxia, 932-935 



physiological factors modifying propor- 

 tion of, 590 

 agitation, 592-594 

 former bleedings, 590 

 respiratory rate, 591-594 

 under increased pressure, 

 carbon dioxide, 625-627 

 nitrogen, 627-628 

 oxygen, 622-625 

 Body temperature, 

 in exercise, 289 



in mountain climbing, 957, 959 

 Lortet, 114, 284-287, 339 

 Body weight, changes due to compressed 



air, 473, 491 

 Bollaert, ascent of Tata Jachura, 36 

 Boorendo, Pass of, 136, 138 

 Borelli, ascent of Etna, 70 



invention of "diver's bladder", 390 

 theory of effect of compressed air, 441 

 theory of effort as cause of mountain 



sickness, 208 

 Veratti's quotation of, 204 

 Bouchard, Bert's refutation of his hypo- 

 thesis of hemorrhages, 881 

 hemorrhages and congestions in decom- 

 pression, 484-485 

 pathogeny of hemorrhages, 282 

 Bouchut, cause of mountain sickness, 949 

 Bouguer, experiences on Pichincha, 27 

 fatigue as cause of mountain sickness, 



208 

 theory refuted by de Saussure, 216 

 Bouhy, symptoms of laborers in com- 

 pressed air, 368 

 Bourrit, Canon, ascent of Buet, 78 

 ascent of Mont Blanc, 88 

 comparison between air of Alps and that 

 of Cordilleras, 213 

 Boussingault, ascent of Chimborazo, 40 



snow as factor in mountain sickness, 227 

 Boyle, Robert, account of symptoms of 

 mountain sickness on Ararat. 125 

 on the Peak of Teneriffe, 74 

 in the Pyrenees, 120 

 researches with pneumatic pump, 199- 



202; on blood, 201, 858 

 suggestions for experiments, 203 

 Brachet, cause of panting in mountain 



sickness, 235 

 Braddel, ascent of Mount Ophir in Malacca, 



163 

 Brand, Lieut., passage of Cumbre, 35 

 Bravais, ascent of Mont Blanc, 100 

 Bridge foundations, use of compressed air 



in construction of, 368-384, 386-390 

 Brize-Fradin, disadvantages of diving-bell, 

 356 



sensations in diving-bell, 443-445 

 Brooke, ascent of Tabalau Indu in Borneo, 



163 

 Brown-Sequard, theory of effect of carbon 



dioxide, 674, 923 

 Brunei, use of Triger method in bridge 



construction, 370 

 Bubbles, escape from organic liquids, 

 blood, 201 



other organic liquids, 201 

 as cause of symptoms, 202 

 Buccal thermometer, criticism of, 287-288, 



959 

 de Buch, Leopold, ascents of Peak of 



Teneriffe, 75 

 Bucquoy, confirmation of theory by Bert's 

 experiments, 881 

 physiological effects in caissons, 373-375 



