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HEMOGLOBIN 



j^nd 36. Fig. 36 is a reproduction of Douglas, Haldane and Haldane's 

 ,,1 .,^,^1- -,oT-,-- '• ,^ ^]^p *^nnilibrium between C" -"d blood 



100 



90 



^ 80 



to 



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a 



70 



60 



50 



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30 



20- 



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•005 010 015 -020 -025 -OGO -035 -040 -045 -050 



PRESSURE OF CO IN PERCENTAGE OF ONE ATMOSPHERE. 



Fig. 35. Dissociation curves of CO-haemoglobin in absence of oxygen, at 38° C, and 

 with various pressures of CO„ , o blood of Douglas. ® blood of Haldane. 



saturation -086 and -21, ratio —^ = -4, and so on.] 



Accepting the view that carbonic acid has no specific action 

 on haemoglobin, i.e. that it does not replace oxygen directly after 



