THE PHENOMENA OE HUMAN RESPIRATION. 
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William Alderwood mider experiment.—Table showing (1st) Weight of Carbonic 
Acid expired per minute ; (2nd) Volume of Air expired per minute reduced to 
0 ° and 760 mm. ; (3rd) Relation of Volume of Air expired (reduced) to Weight 
of COj. Temppixiture of the Laboratory Air at the time of experiment from 
17°-3 to 21°-7 C. 
Weight of Carbonic Acid expired pter oninnte in every hour up to six hours 
after a meal. 
Hours after a 
meal. 
0 to 1. 
1 to 2. 
2 to .3. 
.3 to 4. 
4 to 5. 
5 to 6. 
0-421 
0-458 
0-467 
0-465 
0-397 
0-388 
0-4.56 
0-469 
0-436 
0.489 
0-385 
0-358 
0-472 
0-456 
0-420 
0-438 
0-.387 
0 384 
0-430 
0-448 
0-411 
0-417 
0-386 
0-376 
0*4?—4 
0-438 
0-424 
0-370 
0-380 
0-440 
0-469 
0-356 
0-352 
0-400 
0-381 
0-384 
0-395 
0-365 
0-442 
0-390 
0-356 
0-371 
0-383 
0-344 
0-368 
0-360 
0-349 
0-338 
0-378 
j\lean.s 0-440 
0*451 
0-433 
0-443 
0-384 
0-368 
Volume of Air (^reduced) expired j)er minute. 
Hours after a meal. 
0 to 1. 
1 to 2. 
2 to 3. 
3 to 4. 
4 to 5. 
.5 to 6. 
3-933 
4-020 
4-171 
4-152 
3-803 
3-776 
4-L61 
4-340 
4-1-20 
4-477 
3673 
3-532 
4 389 
4-354 
3-969 
4-041 
3-722 
3-989 
4-01-9 
4-263 
3-754 
.3-856 
3-782 
3-769 
4-U36 
4-169 
3'965 
3-704 
3-681 
4-115 
4-269 
3-477 
3-378 
3-878 
3-676 
3-684 
3-817 
. 3-486 
4-185 
3-879 
3-484 
3-796 
3-701 
3 582 
13 -7 (-<4 
3-434 
3 381 
3-191 
. 3-701 
1 Means 4-114 
4-210 
4-003 
4-091 
3-727 
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