RA TE OF RESPIRA TION IN DIFFERENT ANIMALS. 7 5 3 



Hyperpnaa, dyspnoea, asphyxia, apnoea, and Cheyne- Stokes' respira- 

 tion. These different conditions are considered elsewhere in this work. 1 

 The rate of respiration in different animals. Numerous observa- 

 tions upon the rapidity of the respiratory movements in different animals were 

 made by Paul Bert, 2 and the following table gives results obtained chiefly by 

 him : 



1 This article, pp. 743, 765 ; also "Mechanism of Respiration," this Text-book, vol. ii. 



2 "'Le9ons sur la physiol. comp. de la respiration," Paris, 1870, p. 393. 



3 Veterinary Journal, London, 1885, vol. xx. p. 311. The rate of respiration in 250 

 animals varied from 11 to 106 per minute. 



4 Quoted by Paul Bert, loc. cit. 



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