An essay on respiration. Pts I-II / By John Bostock, M.D.

  • Bostock, John, 1773-1846.
Date:
1804
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Credit: An essay on respiration. Pts I-II / By John Bostock, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAP! IV,” ee into. ar cause of i first Inspiration, and of the Alternation of. dneaination and E:x~ : eT saath | IN viviparous animals refpiration commences immediately after birth, when the circulation which had been previoufly carried on between the mother and the foetus is interrupted. (a) The manner in which the commencement of this im- portant action is effected, and the change. which is then produced in the animal conftitution, fo as to render this function abfolutely neceflary for the continuance of exiftence, have been fre- quently made the fabject of inveftigation. ‘The latter of thefe inquiries is the foundation. of the celebrated problem which was propofed by Harvey for the confideration of his contemporaries. ***Quomodo nempe embryo, *’ he afks, : poft “« feptimum menfem in utero matris perfeveret ? noone ike © cum (a) Note 19. ee