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Index 



height of flight, 31, 57, 542, 1005 

 Congestion in comprsesed air, theories 



about, 452 

 Contractility, muscular, effect of carbon 



dioxide at high tension on, 926-927 

 Cordillera, individual peaks and topog- 

 raphy of, 12 

 Cordier, ascent of Maladetta, 121 



ascent of Peak of Teneriffe, 75 

 Courtois, thesis on symptoms of moun- 

 tain sickness, 218 

 Coxo-femoral articulation, relaxing of, 254, 



343-344 



Beclard, 282 

 . Jourdanet, 257-258 



Lombard, 244, 252 



Meyer-Ahrens, 243 

 Coxwell, as balloon engineer for Glaisher, 



186-191 

 Craveri, ascent of Popocatepetl, 63 

 Croce-Spinelli, ballon ascension in Polar 



Star, 961-962 



ascension organized by Society of Aerial 

 Navigation, 192-193 



experiment in decompression chamber, 

 700-703 



fatal ascension in Zenith, 963-969 



funeral eulogy, 971-974 

 Crozet, ascent of Mont Blanc, 106 

 Cumbre, the puna on, 33, 34, 35, 36 

 Cunningham, electricity as cause of moun- 

 tain sickness, 225 

 Cupping-glasses, comparison to rarefied air, 



217, 



of Dr. Junod, 229 

 Curare, used for paralyzing, 591, 593, 769 

 Cuthbert, see Babington 



Darwin, Charles, passage of the Andes, 43 

 Darwin, Erasmus, experiment on blood un- 

 der diminished pressure, 207 

 Davaine, Dr., research on anthrax, 847 

 Davy, John, experiments on gases of the 



blood, 224 

 Deafness, improvement under compression, 

 359 



result of decompression, 364, 365, 378, 492 

 Death, from decompression, 364, 365, 371, 

 378, 395, 405 

 theories about, 455 

 Decimals, futility of, 389, 513, 522, 589 

 Decken, Baron de, attempted ascents of 



Kilimandjaro, 162 

 Decompression, comparison with asphyxia, 

 689-693 



explanations of effects of, 500 

 explosive, 



in accidents, 367, 371, 382, 383, 359, 868 

 effects of, 882-883, 886 

 speed of, 360, 362, 367, 372, 377, 378, 383, 

 384, 386, 387, 389, 394, 460, 487, 493, 494. 

 895, 1013, 1030 

 sudden, effects of, 878-889 

 from one atm., 853-858 

 from several atm., 859 

 in stages, 874-878 

 without interruption, 859-874 

 ill health as factor in resistance to, 880 

 .prevention of, 



by oxygen inhalations, 884 

 by slowness of decompression, 890 

 relief of, 

 inhalation of oxygen, 891 

 recompression, 890 

 variations in individuals, 889 

 variations in species, 878-880 

 symptoms due to, see Blindness, Deaf- 

 ness, Death, Duration of, "Fleas", 

 Muscular pains. Paralysis, Respiratory 

 difficulties, Time of appearance 

 Delon, ascent of Etna, 70 

 Demavend, ascents of, 128 



Demeunier, ascent of Etna, 70 



Denayrouze, diving apparatus, 392 

 symptoms of divers, 395 



Denial of existence of mountain sickness, 

 119, 308, 310 



Desor, ascent of the Jungfrau, 96 



Devices suggested to prevent effects of 

 high altitudes, 974 



Deville, Charles Sainte-Claire, ascent of 

 Peak of Teneriffe, 76 



Diminished pressure in therapeutic ap- 

 paratuses, 

 Gondret, 220 

 Junod, Dr., 228 



Diving-bells, 355-358 



Diving suits, 39CK410 



Dobereiner, experiments on germination, 

 781 



Dogs, effect of altitude on, 37, 40, 46, 61, 

 96, 154, 233. 322 



Dollfus, A., journey to Popocatepetl, 60 



Dolomieu, ascent of Etna, 70 



Dortheren, ascent of Mont Blanc, 88 



Douglas, David, ascents in Hawaii, 164 



Dralet, conditions in lofty places, 219 

 summary of data in Pyrenees, 120 



Drew. Fr., discussion of mountain siGk- 

 ness, 295 

 geography of Jumnoo and Cashmere, 160 



Drowsiness, in compressed air, 492 



Dufour, factors producing mountain sick- 

 ness, 951-953 



muscular exhaustion as cause of moun- 

 tain sickness, 289 



Dumas, Dr. Aug., explanation of symp- 

 toms of mountain sickness, 275 



Duration of symptoms due to decompres- 

 sion, 364, 372, 373, 380, 382, 386, 387, 389, 

 404, 407, 493 



Durier, ascent of Mont Blanc, 114 



importance of training in ascents, 293 



Duval, Dr., digestive symptoms in moun- 

 tain sickness, 251 



Dwellers in high places, 998-1005 

 physiological effects on, 

 great heights, 1000-1005 

 moderate heights, 998-999 



Dwellings at high altitudes, 19, 45, 141, 154, 



Eads, report on Mississippi Bridge labor- 

 ers, 386-387 

 Ears, pains in, from compression, 356, 357, 



359, 362, 363, 370, 371, 373, 489-490 



means of preventing, 357, 363, 490 

 Edens, ascent of Peak of Teneriffe, 74 

 Eggs, experiments on putrefaction of, 819- 



820 

 Elbrouz, ascents of, 124, 125 

 Electricity as cause of mountain sickness, 



221, 225, 245, 337 

 Elliotson, effect of rarefied air on dogs, 61 

 Elsasser, respiration in compressed air, 435 



theory of effects of compressed air, 478 

 Emulsin, experiments on, 839 

 Engelhardt, ascent of Kasbek with Parrot. 



123 

 Estor and Saint-Pierre, extraction of 



oxygen of blood, 585-587 

 Etna, early ascents, 4 



later ascents, 69-73 

 Exhalations as cause of mountain sickness, 



238, 336 

 Exhilaration in compressed air, 357, 417. 



492 

 Experimental procedure, 



for determining amount of dissolved car- 

 bon dioxide ni blood, 943 



for determining blood gases in oxygen 

 poisoning, 719 



for determining accumulation of carbon 

 dioxide in tissues, 910-911 



