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Respiration

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Physiology
Vital Signs

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Images about Respiration

12 images from works
  • Lavoisier in his laboratory conducting an experiment on the respiration of a man resting. Photogravure after M.A.P. Lavoisier.
  • A man being weighed on a set of scales, and a man with his head in a glass container; showing Lavoisier's experiments with respiration. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • Lavoisier in his laboratory conducting an experiment on the respiration of a man at work. Photogravure after M.A.P. Lavoisier.
  • A man being weighed on a set of scales, and a man with his head in a glass container; showing Lavoisier's experiments with respiration. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • Juno with her peacock in the clouds; representing the element of air. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1587, after D. Barendsz.
  • A woman in a garden with some flowers; in the background God blows spirit into Adam's body; representing the sense of smell. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • The magi sheltering in a cave on the way to Bethlehem; here representing mercury converted into sulphur, at the moment of its fixation in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, 17th century.
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Works from the collections

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    Respiratory exercises in the treatment of disease : notably of the heart, lungs, nervous and digestive systems / by Harry Campbell.

    Campbell, Harry, 1860-1938. | Date: 1899
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    Mémoires sur la respiration / par Lazare Spallanzani ; traduits en français, d'après son manuscrit inédit, par Jean Senebier.

    | Date: 1803
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    An essay on respiration. Pts I-II / By John Bostock, M.D.

    John Bostock | Date: 1804
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    Nova experimenta pneumatica respirationem spectantia. / Authore Roberto Boyle.

    Robert Boyle | Date: M. DC. LXXV. [1675]
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    Quelques considérations sur les études de Spallanzani à propos de la respiration, par rapport à ses manuscrits inédits / Carlo Castellani.

    Carlo Castellani | Date: 1984
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Related topics

Respiration
Air
Hygiene
Oxygen
Asphyxia
Blood Circulation
Mouth breathing
Respiratory organs
Nervous System

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