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Index 



Mayer, physiological effects in compressed 



air, 437 

 Meat, experiments on, putrefaction, 800- 



816 

 Mechanical explanation, of death in 



vacuum, 202 



of decompression, 980 

 Mercury pump, description of, 509 



inventor of, 511 



operation of, 511-512, 582-585 

 de Mericourt, Leroy, article Altitudes in 



medical encyclopedia, 273 



article Hygiene of sponge fishers, 393-394 



paralysis after decompression, 482-484 

 Mermod, Dr., moderate altitudes, pulse 



rate at, 330 



respiratory and pulse rate at, 1041-1042 

 Meyer, ascent of Mont Blanc, 92 

 Meyer-Ahrens, Dr., memoir on symptoms 



of decompression, 241-243 

 Meyers, symptoms of sorocho. 42 

 Miers, symptoms of puna on Cumbre, 34 

 Milk, experiments on, 820-823 

 Milliet, Dr., physical action of compressed 



air, 453-454 



physiological effects of compressed air, 

 416 

 Minerals as alleged cause of mountain 



sickness, 26, 33, 36, 37, 42, 48, 49, 51, 55, 



58, 209, 227, 232, 233 

 Mines, compressed air in, 361-368, 384-386 

 Mirza, The, in Pamir, 156 

 Missionaries, in Central Asia, 129 

 Molds, experiments on; bread, 831-832; 



cooked starch, 832-833; fruits, 833-834 

 Molinatti, ascent of Monte Rosa, 93 

 Mont Blanc, ascents of, 78-96 

 Monte Rosa, ascents of, 93-94 

 de Montserrat, journey to Popocatepetl, 60 

 Moorcroft, journey through the Himalayas. 



131 

 Mossbach, mention of sorocho, 55 

 Mountain sickness, see Animals affected 



by altitude; Conditions of appearance 



of; Denial of existence of; Explanations 



of; Names given to; Prevention of; Psy- 

 chological factors in; Remedies for; 



Symptoms of 

 Mountain sickness, variations in effects 



of, 318-328 



questionnaire on, 303-305 

 Mountain systems, Asia, 10; Europe, 5 

 Mountain travellers, 991-998; muscular 



effort, 992-995: rate of ascent, 995-996 

 de Moussy, Dr. Martin, symptoms of puna, 



52 

 Mulahacen, ascent of, 123 

 Mules, effect of high altitude on, 26, 32, 36, 



37, 40, 43, 47, 51, 53, 54, 55, 60, 88, 118, 



226, 234, 322 

 von Muller, ascent of Orizaba, 66 

 Murray, Mrs. Elizabeth, report of ascent 



of Peak of Teneriffe, 76 

 Muscular pains from decompression, 360, 



361, 363, 364-366, 377, 398 



theories about, 456, 457, 462 

 Muscular swellings due to decompression, 



492; theory about, 485 

 van Musschenbroeck, experiments on ani- 

 mals in compressed air, 441-442 



explanation of effect of vacuum, 198 



quoted by Veratti, 204 

 Myrosin, experiments on, 838 



N 



Nail, Dr., deaths from labor in caissons, 



378 

 Names given to mountain sickness, 328 

 Neergaard, ascent of Maladetta, 121 

 Nitrogen of blood, 936 



effect in sudden decompression, 881-890, 

 895, 1027 



under increased pressure, 627-628 



Nutrition, changes in compressed air, 363, 



372 455, 491-492 

 Nysten, effect of free gases in blood, 882 



injection of air into blood, 888 



see also Halle and Nysten 



Obesity, as factor in mountain sickness, 



52, 233, 291, 326 

 Oliver, Capt., in Himalayas, 152 

 Olympus, conditions on summit of, 196 

 d'Orbignv, anatomv of Peruvian Indians, 

 301 



description of mountain sickness, 37 

 Orizaba, ascents of, 66, 67 

 Ormsby, ascent of Grivola, 119 

 Oxide of carbon, for inflating balloon, 184 

 Oxygen, capacity of blood for, 641-657 

 at decreased pressures, 643-654; at 38° 



and 40° C, 652-653 

 at increased pressures, 655; at 40 C, 



657 

 toxic action of, at high tension, 565-570, 



574, 578, 709-754, 1021-1024 

 use of, in balloon nights, 961-967, 969- 

 970 990-991 



in decompression, 694-708, 891-894 

 in mountain climbing, 996-998 

 Oxygen content, of blood, 936-940; varia- 

 tions in, 940, 984-986 

 of various arteries, 587 

 under decreased pressure, 305, 981-934 

 under increased pressure, 622-625 

 of air in mines, 692-693, 984. 1007 foot- 

 note 7 

 Oxygen lack, in air as cause of mountain 

 sickness, 214, 218, 223, 227, 234, 235. 242, 

 244, 245, 252-254, 337, 338 

 Oxvgen tension, effects of. on plants, 782- 

 788, 792-796, 798 

 importance of, 540, 578-580, 839, 842, 849 



851, 980 

 in geological ages, 1034 

 in ocean depths, 1033-1034 

 resistance to, in various mammals, 549 



Pamir, plateau of, 129, 143, 157 



Panum, Professor, respiration and circula- 

 tion in compressed air, 435-437 

 respiratory exchanges and rhythm in 

 compressed air, 478-481 



Papin, Denis, compressed air in diving- 

 bell, 358 



(with Huyghens) death of animals in 

 vacuum, 202 



Parachute, first us« in a balloon, 177 

 made wrong-side out, 184 



Paralysis, from decompression, 373, 380. 

 381, 385, 386, 389, 394, 395, 399, 400, 404. 

 406, 408, 482, 1011 

 from sudden decompression, 883-885 



Parrot, Dr., ascent of Ararat, 126 

 ascent of Kasbek, 123 

 ascent of Mont Blanc, 92 

 pulse rate in Pyrenees, 122 



Pasteur, classification of fermentations, 799 

 Pasteurization, 830 



research on microscopic organisms, 1023 

 verification of his experiments, 812 



Payerne, cause of weariness at high alti- 

 tudes, 240 

 submarine hydrostat, 357 



Pepsin, experiments on. 837-838 



Perspiration, increase of, in compressed 

 air, 360, 376 



Petard, Dr., in ascent organized by Society 

 of Aerial Navigation, 192 



Physical constitution, as factor in moun- 

 tain sickness, 319-320 



