Index 



1049 



for determining oxygen capacity of blood 



under high pressures, 654 

 for determining oxygen capacity of blood 



under low pressures, 644-645 

 for determining oxygen capacity of gas- 

 free blood, 649-651 

 for extraction of blood under diminished 



pressure, 596-600 

 for extraction of blood under increased 



pressure, 617-618 

 for extraction of blood gases, 584-585, 941 



accuracy of method, 587-589, 594 

 for low pressures, 644-645 

 for mercury pump, 510-512 

 for pressures below one atmosphere, 508- 



509 

 for rebreathing experiments, 630 

 for very low pressures with super- 

 oxygenated air, 536 

 for studying effects of increased pres- 

 sure, 757-760 

 in experiments on putrefaction, 810-811 

 Experiments of Bert 

 at various pressures 

 at normal pressure, 513 



air with reduced oxygen content, 



630-633 

 blood gases, 586 

 low temperature, 533-535 

 venous blood, 636-638 

 less than one atmosphere, 514-522, 529, 

 540-542 543 



blood gases, 600-605, 613-614 

 capacity of blood for oxygen, 646-651, 

 high temperatures, 652-653 

 superoxygenated air, 537-538, 560-563 

 more than one atmosphere 

 blood gases, 618-620 

 capacity of blood for oxygen, 655, 657 

 low oxygen content, 579 

 ordinary air, 555-557; at low tem- 

 perature, 559-560; under very high 

 pressures, 565-567, with carbon di- 

 oxide eliminated, 575 

 superoxygenated air, 571-573 

 on lower forms 

 anatomical elements, 840-842 

 ferments, 800-839 

 fruit, dry rot, 843-844; ripening, 844- 



845 

 plants, germination, 782-786, 789-791, 



792-796; vegetation, 787, 797 

 scorpion's venom, 845-846 

 viruses; anthrax, 847-848: glanders, 847; 

 vaccine, 846-847 

 with various purposes 



air injections into blood, 888-889 



asphyxia, 928-934 



carbon dioxide accumulation in tissues, 



911-913 

 carbon dioxide content of blood, 941 

 dissolved carbon dioxide of blood, 944- 



945 

 effects of carbon dioxide on lower or- 

 ganisms, 925-927 

 lethal concentration of carbon dioxide 



in blood, 899-909 

 lethal tension of carbon dioxide, 897-898 

 relieving symptoms of decompression, 



890-894 

 sudden decomposition from 1 atmos- 

 phere, 854-856 

 sudden decompression from several 

 atmospheres, 859-874 

 Experiments, early, with compressed air, 

 441, 446 



with diminished pressure, 197 

 Explanations of mountain sickness, see 

 Anoxemia; Blood gases, escape of; Car- 

 bon dioxide excess in blood; Cold; Coxo- 

 femoral articulation, relaxing of; Elec- 

 tricity; Exhalations; Fatigue; Intestinal 

 gases, expansion of; Oxygen lack in air; 

 Weight of air sustained by body, de- 

 crease of 



Fatigue as cause of mountain sickness. 

 325, 340, 284, 952, (Bouguer) 208, (Dufour) 

 291, (Hudson) 283, (Lepileur) 236, (Mar- 

 tins) 231 

 Fatigue on mountains, explanation of, 



(von Humboldt) 228 

 Favre, principles of Junod method (hemo- 



spasie), 230 

 Fazello, ascent of Etna, 70 

 Fellowes, ascent of Mont Blanc, 91 

 Fermentations, experiments on, under high 

 oxygen tension, 800-839 

 diastatic fermentations, 834-839 

 emulsin, 839 



inversive fermnet of yeast, 838 

 myrosin, 838 

 pepsin, 837-838 

 saliva and diastase, 835-837 

 true fermentations, 800-834 

 brewers yeast, 826 

 coagulation of milk, 820-823 

 molds, 831-834 

 putrefaction, 800-816; blood, 817-818; 



eggs, 819-820; meat, 800-816 

 urine, 823-825 

 wine, 827-881 

 Fernet, on blood gases, 



carbon dioxide in solution in saturated 



blood, 942 

 experiments on blood gases, 249; his con- 

 clusions, 611, 641; discussion of experi- 

 ments, 611, 641; validity of conclusions, 

 653 

 nitrogen content of blood, 936 

 Ferrara, ascent of Etna, 71 

 Feuillee. Pere, ascent of Peak of Tene- 



riffe, 74 

 Fileteo, ascent of Etna, 69 

 Fish, early experiments on, by Academy 

 del Cimento, 197; by Boyle, 200; by 

 French Academy of Sciences, 199 

 "Fleas" (puces), 373, 377, 381, 398, 461, 464, 

 487 



explanation of, 886 

 Flechner, oxygen content of mountain air, 



234 

 Flemeing, causes of mountain sickness, 281 

 Focke, mention of sorocho, 55 

 Fodere, explanation of hemorrhages in 



rarefied air, 217 

 Foley, Dr., effects of insufficient hematosis, 

 270 

 physiological phenomena in compressed 



air, 375-378 

 suggestion for therapeutic use of com- 

 pressed air, 464-465 

 theory of caisson disease, 462-464 

 Food, as factor in prevention of balloon 

 sickness, 990 



as factor in prevention of mountain sick- 

 ness, 325, 290, 291, 292. 293, 335, 996 

 Forbes, expeditions on Alps, 98 

 de Forbin, Count, ascent of Etna, 72 

 Forel, ascent of Monte Rosa, 954-957 

 criticism of buccal thermometer, 287 

 effects of low oxygen tension, 953-954 

 increase of temperature while walking, 

 287, 289 

 Forneret, ascent of Mont Blanc, 88 

 Frangois, Dr., physiological and pathologi- 

 cal effects in caissons, 372-373 

 Frankland, ascent of Mont Blanc with 



Tyndall, 107 

 Fraser, discussion of effect of odor of 

 flowers in mountain sickness, 221 

 effects of mountain sickness in Hima- 

 layas, 132 

 Fremont, Col., expedition to the Rocky 



Mountains, 68 

 Freshfield, Douglas, ascents of Kasbek and 



Elbrouz, 124 

 Freud, pulmonary capacity in compressed 

 air, 435 



