Index 



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von Humboldt, ascents of Chimborazo and 

 Antisana, 29; of Peak of Teneriffe, 75 

 explanation of fatigue on mountains, 228 

 Hume, A. O., birds in Himalayas, 159 

 Hunt, Dr. J., attraction of North Pole, 296 

 Huyghens and Papin, theory of death of 

 animals in vacuum, 202 



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111 health, factor in mountain sickness, 326 

 factor in resistance to sudden decom- 

 pression, 880 



Innervation, changes in compressed air, 492 



Insects at high altitudes, bee, 179; butter- 

 flies, 158 



Insects, experimental, fly pupae, 776; midge 

 larvae, 778; mosquito larvae, 778; poplar 

 beetle, 552; silkworm cocoons, 684-685, 

 752, 776; various species, 751 

 in early experiments, 201 



Insomnia, factor in mountain sickness, 325 



Intestinal gases, expansion of, in balloon 

 sickness, 307 

 in mountain sickness, 343, 950 



Itier, ascent of Peak of Teneriffe, 76 



Jaccoud, Dr., physiological effects of mod- 

 erate altitude, 296-298 



Jacquemont, experiences in Himalayas, 

 139-142 



Javelle, psychological factors in mountain 

 sickness, 292 



Jeffreys, ascent of Fujiyama, 163 



Joanne, symptoms of mountain sickness, 

 118 



Johnson, Capt., ascent of Tazigand, 139 



Jourdanet, Dr., anatomy of Mexican In- 

 dians, 302 



Anemia of Altitudes, 259-260 

 "Barometric disoxygenation of the 



blood," 261 

 controversy with Coindet. 261-269 

 Effects of Barometric Pressure on Hu- 

 man Life, 979-980 

 effects of rarefied air in Mexico, 255-259 

 oxygen content of blood in Mexico, 642 

 theory of anoxemia, 349-351 



Junod, Dr., barometric apparatus for gen- 

 eral treatment, 228 

 cupping-glasses, 230 



Magendie's report on work of Junod, 229 

 therapeutic effects in compressed air, 

 413-414 



Kamerun Mountains, 161 

 Karakorum, Pass of, 129, 145, 155, 156, 975 

 Kasbek, ascents of, 123, 124 

 Kaufmann, effects of altitude on physio- 

 logical functions, 276 

 Kennedy, ascent of the Dent Blanche, 117 

 Kilimandjaro, ascents of, 161, 162 

 Kini-Ballu, ascent of, 162 

 Kupffer, ascent of Elbrouz, 124- 



Laborde, ascent of Mont Blanc, 78 



La Condamine, experimences on Pichin- 



cha, 27, 174, 175 



weight of air on body, 210 

 Ladak, 130, 137, 148, 149 

 de Lalande, ascension with Blanchard, 175 



criticism of Blanchard, 175 

 Lange, Dr. G., physiological effects of 



compressed air, 417 



respiration and circulation in com- 

 pressed air, 475-478 



Laverriere, ascent of Popocatepetl, 63 



Leblanc, Felix, oxygen percentage in air 

 of mines, 692-693 



Legallois, researches on animal heat, 218 



Le Guillou, mountain sickness on Peak 

 of Teneriffe, 76 



Lepileur, ascents of Mont Blanc, 100 

 causes of mountain sickness, 236 

 summary of Auldjo's ascent of Mont 



Blanc, 91 

 symptoms of mountain sickness, 98 



Leullier-Duche, Louis, use of balloon 

 ascensions in therapeutics, 172 



von Liebig, George, carbon dioxide pro- 

 duction in respiration, 481-482, 1017-1019 

 mechanical action of increased pressure, 



1020 

 pulmonary ventilation under normal 



and increased pressure, 1019 

 respiration in compressed air, '437 



Light, action of, in mountain sickness, 242, 

 245 



Liguistin, mountain sickness in horses in 

 Mexico, 271-273 



Limited mountains; Etna, 73; Peak of 

 Teneriffe, 77 



Limousin, Dr, case of caisson disease, 

 381-382 



Llamas, effect of altitude on, 323 



Lloyd, mountain sickness, 50 



Loevenstern, ascent of Mauna Loa, Ha- 

 waii, 164 



Lombard, decrease of weight sustained in 

 rarefied air, 243 

 oxygen content of rarefied air, 251 



Longet, effect of air pressure on hema- 

 tosis, 250, 642 



Lortet, functional disturbances in moun- 

 tain climbing. 111 



cold as cause of mountain sickness, 284. 

 683-684 

 report of ascent of Mont Blanc, 109 



Low, in Borneo, 162 



Lowe, mountain sickness, 44 



de Luc, experiences on Buet, 212 



Lungs, retraction under decreased pres- 

 sure, 204-205, 345 



de Lusy, Count, ascent of Mont Blanc, 88 



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Magendie, report on work of Junod, 229 

 Magnus, experiment on blood gases, 641 

 Maissiat, effect of compressed air on in- 

 testinal gases, 446 



influence of expended intestinal gases, 

 234 

 Malezieux, reports on Eads and Brooklyn 



bridges, 388 

 Mammals used in Bert's experiments, 542 

 cats, 543-545, 662, 773, 856, 861-863, 875 

 dogs, 546, 586, 590, 591-594, 600-605. 613- 

 614, 618-620, 630-633, 636-638, 661-662. 

 672, 679-680, 682-683, 720-733, 737, 748- 

 749, 769-770, 773-774, 854, 856, 863-870 

 876,877, 888-889, 890-894, 899-909, 928- 

 931 934 

 guinea pigs, 547-549, 664-665, 874 

 hedgehog, 550 



rabbits, 546-547, 662-664, 737. 861, 875 

 rats, 675-677, 681-682, 706-707, 718, 745, 

 746, 750, 768, 856, 861, 897 

 Manasarowar, Lake, 130, 131, 134, 135, 141 

 Mann, in Kamerun Mountains, 161 

 Marc, therapeutic effect of compressed 



air, 437-438 

 Marcet, Dr. W., ascent on Mont Blanc 

 with Lortet, 109 



cold as cause of mountain sickness, 286 

 Markham, attacked by soroche, 52 

 Martins, Ch., ascent of Mont Blanc, 100 

 disbelief in mountain sickness, 231 

 physiological cold, 252-254, 348 

 Mathieu and Urbain, oxygen content of 

 blood of various arteries, 587 



