CAPACITY OF THE CHEST. 



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VII. 



THE SUBJECT CONTINUED WITH REFERENCE TO THE 

 CAPACITY OF THE CHEST, AND ITS CONDITION 

 DURING BODILY EXERTION. 



We must approach this part of our subject by 

 the consideration of that law of fluids which ap- 

 pears, at first, so contradictory as to be called the 

 " hydrostatic paradox." 



