Unpublished paper, 'On the physiology of asphyxia and on the anaesthetic action of pure nitrogen' by George Johnson
Reference number: AP/67/11
Date: 1891
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The main object of this paper is to bring forward additional evidence in support of the theory that the immediate cause of death in cases of asphyxia is the arrest of the pulmonary circulation.
Annotations in ink throughout.
Subject: Chemistry / Physiology
Received 26 January 1891. Read 5 February 1891.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 49 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the physiology of asphyxia, and on the anæsthetic action of pure nitrogen'.
A version of this paper was published by Johnson in the British Medical Journal [later The BMJ]: Johnson, George. 'On the Physiology of Asphyxia, and on the Anæsthetic Action of Pure Nitrogen.' The British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 1573 (1891), pp. 399-401.
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- AP/67/11
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- 1891
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- 25 pages
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George Johnson, Unpublished paper, 'On the physiology of asphyxia and on the anaesthetic action of pure nitrogen' by George Johnson, 1891, AP/67/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_67_11/unpublished-paper-on-the-physiology-of-asphyxia-and-on-the-anaesthetic-action-of-pure-nitrogen-by-george-johnson, accessed on 17 July 2025
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On the Physiology of Asphyxia, and on the Anaesthetic Action of Pure Nitrogen External link, opens in new tab.
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Date: 21st February 1891
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DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0079
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Archived papers: volume 67, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1890-1891
1890-1891 Reference number: AP/67
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