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CHE MIS TR Y OF RESPIRATION. 



The results of Aubert which have been given above show that the 

 cutaneous respiration varies in intensity in different parts of the body, 

 and that for this reason it is impossible to correctly calculate the 

 cutaneous respiration of the whole body from the data obtained on one 

 limited part, such as the hand. Further, the exchange of gases from the 



1 Loc. cit. 2 Loc. cit. 



3 " CEuvres de Lavoisier," Paris, 1862, tome ii. p. 708; Ann. de cliim., Paris, 

 1814, tome xc. p. 8. 



4 Journ. de physiol. ex})^r., Paris, 1830, tome x. p, 162. 



5 Journ. f. prakt. Chem., Leipzig, 1845, 15 d. xxxvi. S. 454, Ann. de cliim. ct pltys., 

 Paris, 1843, Se"r. 3, tome viii. p. 480. 



6 " Recherches sur la respiration des animaux," p. 209. 



7 Arch. f. Anat., Physiol. u. ivissensch. Med., 1851, S. 431. 



8 Ztschr.f. BioL, Miinchen, 1869, Bd. v. S. 28. 



9 Deutsche Klinik, Berlin, 1872, Bd. xxiv. S. 209, 225, 234, 



10 Arch.f. d. ges. Physiol., Bonn, 1872, Bd. vi. S. 539. 



11 Untersuch. s. Naturl. d. Mensch. n. d. Thiere, 1881, Bd. xii. S. 1. 



12 For upper limb alone and for one hour ; temperature of air = 35. 

 Li Journ. Physiol., Cambridge and London, 1897, vol. xxi. p. 204. 

 14 Arch.f. Physiol., Leipzig, 1894, S. 351. 



