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This book consists of 23 essays about prominent people and events in the history of respiratory physiology. It provides a first-hand chronicle of the advancements made in respiratory physiology starting with Galen and the beginnings of Western physiology. The volume covers many aspects of the evolution of this important area of knowledge: pulmonary circulation, Boyle’s Law, pulmonary capillaries and alveoli, morphology, gas exchange and blood flow, mechanics, control of ventilation, and comparative physiology. The book emphasizes societal and philosophical aspects of the history of science. Although it concentrates on physiology, it also describes how cultural movements, such as The Enlightenment, shaped the researchers discussed.

Medicine & Public Health. --- History of Medicine. --- Human Physiology. --- Cell Physiology. --- Pneumology/Respiratory System. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Medicine. --- Human physiology. --- Pneumology. --- Cytology. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Médecine --- Physiologie humaine --- Cytologie --- Evolution (Biologie) --- Respiratory Function Tests. --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- History of Medicine --- Respiratory organs --- Respiration --- Physiology --- History. --- Animal respiration --- Animals --- Breathing --- Ventilation (Physiology) --- Air passages (Anatomy) --- Respiratory system --- Cell physiology. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Diseases. --- Vital signs --- Aerobic exercises --- Breathing exercises --- Cardiopulmonary system --- Human biology --- Medical sciences --- Human body --- Animal evolution --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Cell function --- Cytology --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Life sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Health Workforce --- Medicine—History. --- Respiratory organs—Diseases.