Index 



1053 



Piachaud, Dr., ascent of Mont Blanc, 108 

 causes of symptoms of mountain sick- 

 ness, 284 „ .... _, 



Pissis, A., letter on effects of altitude, 56 



Pitschner, ascent of Mont Blanc, 107 



Plants, at low oxygen tension, 1006 

 as alleged cause of mountain sickness, 

 135. 152, 153, 221, 222, 223 

 artemisia, 295; flowers, 134; moss, 148- 

 152, 294; onion, 295; primroses, poly- 

 anthus, heather, 132; rhubarb. 129 



Pneumatic pump, early experiments with, 

 197 

 invention of, 196 



Poeppig, Ed., denial of effect of decreased 

 pressure, 226 

 symptoms of puna at Cerro de Pasco, 38 



Poiseuille, effect of pressure changes on 

 circulation, 445-446 



Pol and Watelle, symptoms of laborers in 

 compressed air, 362-367; cause of, 450-453 



Polar Star, ascension of, 961-962 



Polo, Marco, on plateau of Pamir, 128 



Popocatepetl, ascent by Laverriere, 63; 

 by Scientific Committee of Mexican Ex- 

 pedition. 65; by Virlet d'Aoust, 309; va- 

 rious ascents, 61 



Pravaz, Dr. Ch., discussion of compressed 

 air, use in surgery, 1029; use in thera- 

 peutics, 239, 415; underlying causes of 

 benefist from, 447-450 



Pravaz, J., effects of moderate increased 

 pressure, 1014-1017 



Prevention of mountain sickness, 996-998 



Priestley, first to breathe oxygen, 1027 

 theory of mountain sickness, 214 



Przevalski, Capt., denial of Pere Hue's 

 theory of mountain sickness, 238 



Psychological factors in mountain sickness, 

 distraction of attention, 43, 142, 150, 288- 

 289, 292, 957 

 fear, 92 



Pulmonary tuberculosis, "height cure" for, 

 960, 1006 

 on Pacific coast (Andes), 255 



"Pundits," The, in Himalayas, 155 



Putrefaction, experiments on, 800-820 

 effect of high oxygen tension on, 926 



Pyrenees, ascents in, 120-123 

 individual peaks, 9 



Rabbits, experiments on, diminished pres- 

 sure, 198; temperature and oxygen con- 

 sumption, 219 

 Radde, ascent in Armenia, 127; ascent of 



Elbrouz, 124 

 Rameau, Professor, see Bucquoy 

 Ramond, ascent of Mont Perdu, 121 

 Rebmann, reference to Kilimandjaro, 161 

 Recompression, to relieve symptoms of 



decompression, 894-895, 1032 

 Rectal temperature, in mountain ascent, 



959 

 Regnauld, report of caisson explosion, 371 

 Remedies of natives for mountain sick- 

 ness, 34, 47, 49, 55; apricots. 145, 157: 

 dry fruit, 156, 157; garlic, 34, 47, 49, 50. 

 55; plums, 157 

 Remy, J., ascent of Pichincha and Chim- 



borazo, 58 

 Research, Bert's plan of, 505-506, rejection 



of unnecessary refinements in, 512 

 Respiration, in carbon dioxide poisoning, 

 920-921 



in compressed air, 360, 490 

 amplitude, 395 

 capacity, 372, 374, 376, 395 

 rate, 372, 388, 395, 396 

 rhythm, 396, 454 

 in rarefied air 

 in the Engadine, 297 

 in Thibet, 295 



on Mexican plateaux, 261-262, 265, 269 

 Vivenot's experiments, 280-281 



Respiratory difficulties from decompres- 

 sion, 363, 366 



Rey, Dr., explanation of mountain sick- 

 ness, 231 



Riche, ascent of Peak of Teneriffe, 75 



Riedesel, ascent of Etna, 70 



Risler and Schutzenberger, release of oxy- 

 gen of blood, 658 



Robert, balloon ascension with Charles, 171 



Robertson, ascension from Hamburg, 175 

 second ascension, 179 

 comments on report of Biot and Gay- 



Lussac, 180 

 details of symptoms in Hamburg ascen- 

 sion, 183 



Robertson, Capt., ascent of Sumeru-Par- 

 but, 147 . 



Robertson, Eugene, ascension from Mexico, 

 183 

 ascension from New York, 183 



Rockv Mountains, individual peaks, 14 



Rostan, blood gases in symptoms of de- 

 compression, 225 



Roulin, observations on pulse rate on 

 mountains, 224 



du Rozier, Pilatre, first aeronaut, 171 



Russell, Count Henry, discussion of moun- 

 tain sickness, 119 



Russell-Killough, Count, effect of snow in 

 mountain sickness, 294 

 reports of ascents of Nethou, 122 



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de Saint-Cricq, attack of soroche, 49 



Saint-Lager, see Hervier 



Saint-Pierre, see Estor and Saint-Pierre 



Saliva, experiments on, 835-837 



Sampadarios. Dr., pathological observa- 

 tions on divers, 405-410 



Sandahl, Dr., physiological effects of com- 

 pressed air, 416 

 theory of effects, 466-467 



de Saussure, ascent of Buet, 79; of Mont 

 Blanc, 80; of Mont Cenis, 85 

 discussion of cause of mountain sickness, 



213 . , 



exceptional symptoms of mountain sick- 

 ness, 251 

 experiment on oxygen content of snow, 



227 

 observation of variations of magnetic 



power, 179 

 physiological observations on the Col du 



Geant, 86 

 refutation of theory of Bouguer, 216 

 theory of fatigue in mountain sickness, 

 347 



de Sayve, A., ascent of Etna, 72 



Schlagintweit brothers, summary of their 

 highest ascents, 154-155 



Schmidtmeyer, on Pass of Cumbre, 35 



Schutzenberger, see Risler 



Scorpion's venom, experiments on, 845-846 



Scoutetten, effect of altitude on physio- 

 logical functions, 276 



Secretions, changes in, in compressed air. 

 360, 397, 455, 491, 1011 



Seeds, Bert's experiments on, at high car- 

 bon dioxide tension, 925-926 

 at high oxygen tension, 784-785, 793-796 

 at low oxygen tension, 784, 792 

 germination under decreased pressure, 



782-783, 786 

 germination under increased pressure, 



443, 789-791 

 Beale's experiment on lettuce seeds, 203 

 Boyle's suggestion of experiment, 203 



Semenof, mountain sickness in Celestial 

 Mountains, 153 



Sensitive plants, as a "reagent," 781 

 effect of pressure on. 



