Abstract
That a certain relation exists between the degree of structural involvement of the lung tissue and the diminution in the vital capacity has been known since Hutchinson 1 published his observations on the vital capacity in a great variety of subjects, but that the recuperation of pulmonary function seems to be possible even when the integrity of the lungs is not perfect is of great clinical importance and deserves more extensive investigation. The various functional modifications of the respiratory capacity taking place during the entire course of therapeutic pneumothorax afford a great deal of information in this respect. A priori one would expect a quantitative relation between the amount of air introduced into the pleural cavity and the diminution of the vital capacity. Such, however, was not the case in many of our tuberculous cases treated with artificial pneumothorax; the same quantity of air introduced into the pleural cavity and the
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