Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary SchoolsWalters, Francis M. (Francis Marion)
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Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
Walters, Francis M. (Francis Marion)
Physiology
13. Give general directions for applying artificial respiration.
PRACTICAL WORK
Examine a dissectible model of the chest and its contents (Fig. 49). Note
the relative size of the two lungs and their position with reference to
the heart and diaphragm. Compare the side to side and vertical diameters
of the cavity. Trace the air tubes from the trachea to their smallest
divisions.
*Observation of Lungs* (Optional).—Secure from a butcher the lungs of a
sheep, calf, or hog. The windpipe and heart should be left attached and
the specimen kept in a moist condition until used. Demonstrate the
trachea, bronchi, and the bronchial tubes, and the general arrangement of
pulmonary arteries and veins. Examine the pleura and show lightness of
lung tissue by floating a piece on water.
*To show the Changes that Air undergoes in the Lungs.*—1. Fill a quart jar
even full of water. Place a piece of cardboard over its mouth and invert,
without spilling, in a pan of water. Inserting a tube under the jar, blow
into it air that has been held as long as possible in the lungs. When
filled with air, remove the jar from the pan, keeping the top well
covered. Slipping the cover slightly to one side, insert a burning
splinter and observe that the flame is extinguished. This proves the
absence of sufficient oxygen to support combustion. Pour in a little
limewater(43) and shake to mix with the air. The change of the limewater
to a milky white color proves the presence of carbon dioxide.
[Fig. 50]
Fig. 50—*Apparatus* for showing changes which air undergoes while in the
lungs.
2. The effects illustrated in experiment 1 may be shown in a somewhat more
striking manner as follows: Fill two bottles of the same size each one
fourth full of limewater and fit each with a two-holed rubber stopper
(Fig. 50). Fit into each stopper one short and one long glass tube, the
long tube extending below the limewater. Connect the short tube of one
bottle and the long tube of the other bottle with a Y-tube. Now breathe
slowly three or four times through the Y-tube. It will be found that the
inspired air passes through one bottle and the expired air through the
other. Compare the effect upon the limewater in the two bottles. Insert a
small burning splinter into the top of each bottle and note result. What
differences between inspired and expired air are thus shown?
3. Blow the breath against a cold window pane. Note and account for the
collection of moisture.
4. Note the temperature of the room as shown by a thermometer. Now breathe
several times upon the bulb, noting the rise in the mercury. What does
this experiment show the body to be losing through the breath?
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