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Fig. 125. Fridericia's apparatus for measuring the CO* in alveolar air. The person expires 

 forcibly through the tube with the stopcocks as in I. A is closed and the tube placed in water to 

 cool the air, after which B is turned as in II. The entrapped column of air equals 100 c.c. A 

 solution of caustic alkali is now sucked into C with stopcocks as in II. B is then turned as in 

 I but with A still closed, and the alkali solution allowed to enter b, after which B is turned off, 

 the excess of alkali solution in C allowed to run out and the burette shaken. The burette is 

 then submersed up to a in a cylinder of water, with B as in III. After allowing for cooling, 

 the level at which the water stands gives the per cent of COu. 



in inspired 

 air 



ISO 



fO 20 00 W 50 



Fig. 126. Curves to show the relationship between the Oo and COa tensions in alveolar air 

 (dotted lines) and arterial blood (continuous lines). It will be observed that the tension of CO 2 

 in blood is slightly above that in alveolar air, but that the reverse relationship obtains for Os. In 

 the upper part of the curve the O 2 tension in the alveolar air was experimentally altered, causing 

 a corresponding alteration in the O| tension of the blood. This result is of practical significance 

 in connection with On alterations in gas poisoning, pneumonia, etc. (From A. and M. Krogh.) 



