Excerpt from An Inquiry Into the Changes Induced on Atmospheric Air: By the Germination of Seeds, the Vegetation of Plants, and the Respiration of Animals By comparing attentively the chemical facts which relate to this function with certain pathological ap pearances, and considering both in connection with the actual structure of the respiratory organs, he was induced, not only to reject the sufficiency ofthe planations which have been hitherto proposed, but to form some Opinions on the subject more conso nant, as it appeared a}. Him, ypth the real designs of nature. In the course of this mvestigation, analogy readily suggested to him a comparison of the facts ascertained in human respiration with those which. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.