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to minimum amounts. Furthermore, direct experiments, in which 

 this acid was largely absorbed by a solution of potash as rapidly 

 as it was formed, have shown that the composition of the lethal 

 air, from the point of view of its oxygen content, was not changed 

 at all. It is this content, or rather this lack of oxygen which is the 

 cause of death, and which we must consider carefully. 



