There has been much development in the field of respiratory physiology within the recent past, and this has been accelerated by the availability of better instruments for the purposes of making measurements. Since Hutchinson introduced the spirometer in 1846, the introduction of each new instrument has revealed a new area into which efforts of research, both clinical and purely physiological, have been directed. One of the most powerful, and yet the most simple tests of respiratory dynamic capability is the Forced Expiratory Volume, consisting of a maximal forced expiration following a maximal inspiration. It has been demonstrated that this test is a sensitive indicator of respiratory airway resistance.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115212 |
| Date | January 1963 |
| Creators | Pengelly, Lionel. D. |
| Contributors | Christie, R. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Health Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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