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The present volume is the first work published by the Yale University Press on the Anthony N. Brady Memorial Foundation. Three distinct lines of work were undertaken by the Medical Service Section—physiology and toxicology, metabolism and pathology. This thesis represents the work of the last named group.
The studies are presented in a large volume with a profusion of illustrations, many of these done in colors. Indeed one might obtain a very good idea of the effect of poison gases on the air passages and lungs simply by a careful inspection of these remarkable drawings and water colors.
One chapter is devoted to an interesting experimental study of intratracheal therapy. The authors found that perfusion of the lung with large volumes of salt solution is effective in removing such material as India ink, starch paste and bacteria. The experiments suggest the possibility of intratracheal therapy in gas poisoning based on