Index 



1055 



d'Urville, Dumont, ascent of Peak of Ten- 

 eriffe, 75 



Vaccine virus, Bert's experiments on, 846 



Vacher, Dr., effect of moderate altitude on 

 pulse and respiration, 960-961 



Valentin, unimportance of changes in 

 pressure, 244 



Van Rensselaer, ascent of Mont Blanc, 89 



Venom, scorpion's, Bert's experiments on, 

 845-846 



Veratti, experiments of, 204 



study of asphyxia in closed vessels, 205 



Vibriones, tenacity of life in, 1035 



Vierordt, effect of decompression on res- 

 piration, 236 



Vincent, ascent of Monte Rosa, 93 



Viruses, Bert's experiments on, 846-848 

 Anthrax, 847-848 

 Glanders, 847 

 Vaccine, 846-847 



Visconti, ascent of Monte Rosa, 117 



"Vital force," 444 



von Vivenot, Rudolph, research on circu- 

 lation and respiration 

 circulation in compressed air, 423-432 

 experiment on circulation, 474-475 

 respiration in compressed air, 418-423 

 respiration in rarefied air, 280 

 respiratory exchanges in compressed air, 



467-474 

 summary of physiological effects in com- 

 pressed air, 432-435 



Vogt, A., effect of altitude on respiration. 

 237 



Voice, changes in, under increased pres- 

 sure, 359-361, 370, 375. 387, 490 



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Wafer, on the Isthmus of Darien, 59 



Ward, Dr., acclimatization in high alti- 

 tudes, 960 



Watelle, see Pol 



Webb, Capt., experiences in Himalayas, 134 



Weddell, ascent of Arequipa, 48 

 soroche in La Paz, 50 



Weight of air sustained by body, decrease 

 of, in rarefied air, 276, 340-342 

 increase of, in compressed air, 453, 494 



Welsh, J., balloon ascension for scientific 

 purposes, 186 



Whistling, in compressed air, 359-362, 375, 

 490 

 in rarefied air, 698-699, 704-707 



Wilkes, ascents of Mauna Loa, Hawaii. 164 



Williamson, ascent of Mount Hood, Ore- 

 gon, 69 



Wind, effect of, in mountain sickness, 335 



Wine, Bert's experiments on, 827-831 



Wisse, on Rucu-Pichincha, 57 



Women mountain climbers, 75, 88, 96, 115, 

 122, 147 



Wood, Lieut. J., on plateau of Pamir, 143 



Yaks, effect of high altitude on, 134 

 Yeast, brewers, Bert's experiments on, 826 

 inversive ferment of, experiments on. 



Zambeccari, Count Fr., balloon ascension 



at Bologna, 178 

 Zenith, ascension of, 963-971 

 Zumstein, ascent of Monte Rosa, 93 



