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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt:...breathing. R., aquatic. Water-breathing, in which, by means of gills, the skin, &c. the organism absorbs oxygen and gives out carbonic acid. R., artificial. An attempt to supply by mechanical means, such as the raising and lowering of the patient's arms, &c, the place of natural respiration which is at the time in abeyance, i.e. the patient is suffering from asphyxia. R., Blot'». (After Mot.) Term for quiet regular respiration, without any variation in the size of the individual respirations, such as the normal respiration during sleep. R., blood. Term for the taking up of oxygen and giving off of carbonic acid by the blood (arterialitation) in its passage through the lungs. R., blowing. A term for R.. bronchial. R., bran cnlal. Respiration by means of branehia or gills. R., bronchial. See Bronchial breathing. R., bron'cho-cav'ernon». A pathological variety of breathing intermediate in its characters between cavernous and bronchial breathing. RESPIRATION. R., broncho-vesicular. A pathological moditication of the normal respiratory (vesicular) sound which combines, to some extent, the characters of vesicular and bronchial breathing. Its presence usually signifies partial consolidation of the portion of lung over which it is heard. R.,buccal. Breathing through the buccal cavity or mouth. R., cavernous. See Cavernous breathing. R., cen'tre for. See Respiratory centre. R-, cerebral. See Cerebral respiration. R., Chey ne-Stokes'. See CheyneStokes' respiration. R., clavicular. Respiration in which the upper part of the chest is used especially, the shoulders and clavicles being elevated. R., cos-wheel. The same as R., coggedwheel. R., cogged-wheel. See Cogged-wheel rhythm. R., costal. Respiration in which the movements of the ribs predominate ov...