Abstract
This book, intended mainly for those engaged in the practice and teaching of medicine, presents the subject of disturbed respiratory function from the standpoint of clinical medicine. In it are collected the results of important investigative work scattered throughout the enormous literature that has appeared on this subject during the last few years. The authors attempt to give to physicians a working knowledge of the chemical and physiologic facts concerning respiration. Part I is concerned with normal respiratory function. The theories and known facts of hemorespiratory exchange are considered. Part II deals with respiratory function under abnormal conditions. Chapters are devoted to vital capacity and lung volume; respiratory exchange and the basal metabolic rate; therapeutics of respiratory disturbances; and methods of investigation. An extensive bibliography is appended. The work serves its purpose in presenting in simple terms the fundamental facts of a technical subject.
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