Action of Carbonic Acid 



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Fig. 76 — Death by carbonic acid; modifications in the composition of the 

 gases of the blood, the respiration, and the circulation. (Exp. 

 DCXV.) 



We draw from the table following Experiment DCXV and from 

 the line CO 2 the following figures: 



In the 1st hour, the blood gained 20.0 volumes of CO._, 

 In the 2nd hour, the blood gained 16.8 volumes of CCX 



