Readings from Scientific American


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Breathing and the Lungs

8/52 28 "Asthma." Kaufman; Deals with how this sickness has physiological causes, often amplified by psychological mechanisms suggesting the two may be treated together.
8/54 24 See category 6.
12/55 58 "Life at High Altitudes." Gray; an in-depth study on the human body's reaction to low oxygen levels.
8/57 128 See category 10.
1/60 138 "The Mechanism of Breathing." Fenn; the respiratory system and some of the engineering problems associated with its function.
2/62 60 See category 6.
12/62 121 "Surface Tension in the Lungs." Clements; early documentation of the discovery of surfactant.
10/63 27 "The First Breath." Smith; details the process by which the human infant relinquishes its maternal dependence for gas exchange and begins to breathe self-sufficiently.
5/65 88 See category 1.
2/66 50 "The Lung." Comroe; a review of the structure and function of the lung.
8/68 66 "Experiments in Water Breathing." Kylstra; explains how if the lung of an air-breathing animal is filled with an appropriate solution, the animal can perform life-sustaining respiratory function.
10/68 102 "Air Breathing Fishes." Johansen; the evolution and pulmonary physiology behind both water and air breathing fishes.
10/69 77 See Category 7.
11/69 23 "Acute Respiratory Failure." Winter and Lowenstein; the evolution of a "new" type of ICU.
4/73 74 "The Lung of the Newborn Infant." by Avery, Want & Taeusch.
4/80 56 "Sudden Infant Death" R. L. Naege; a puzzle resolved.


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