A frog, the lungs of which have been removed, will continue to live for some time, and during that period will continue not only to produce carbonic acid, but also to consume oxygen. In other words, the frog is able to breathe without lungs, respiration... A Text Book of Physiology - Page 357by Sir Michael Foster - 1879 - 720 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir Michael Foster - 1889 - 528 pages
...in the sweat when taken internally as medicines. Cutaneous Respiration. § 439. A frog, whose lungs have been removed, will continue to live for some...epidermis, restricted to within very narrow limits ; and indeed it has been questioned whether it can be spoken of at all as a true respiration. When... | |
| Sir Michael Foster - 1895 - 576 pages
...in the sweat when taken internally as medicines. Cutaneous Respiration. § 439. A frog, whose lungs have been removed, will continue to live for some...produce carbonic acid, but also to consume oxygen. Jn other words, the frog is able to breathe without lungs, respiration being carried on efficiently... | |
| Lauron William De Laurence - 1915 - 678 pages
...the interior of the system, and allows the interchange of gases between the blood and the air. Again: A frog, the lungs of which have been removed, will...being carried on efficiently by means of the skin. The skin needs to breathe as well as the lungs, and it will do its share toward aerating the blood... | |
| D. Gopala Chetti - 1923 - 268 pages
...some extent perform the functions of the lungs. In Foster's Text-book of Physiology (1877) we read: " A frog, the lungs of which have been removed, will...being carried on efficiently by means of the skin." Thus in man partial respiration can be carried on through the skin, but capable of considerable increase... | |
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