St Thomass Hospital Gazette Vol 8 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from New Orleans Medical News and Hospital Gazette, 1860, Vol. 6: A Monthly Journal If we were asked to define what respiration is, our answer is concise. In its simplest View, it is a mere inter change of gases, consisting of the passage of carbonic acid and water out of the system, by means of the lungs, and the inception of oxygen through the same organs. This function of respiration, to a certain extent removed from the control of the will, knows no intermission, has no cessation while life continues; taking the average number of respirations at 16 in the minute, the gases essential to the continuance of organic life have been renewed 360 times in an hour; in the course of twenty-four hours times, and in a single year have reached the enor mous amount of times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.