The determination of gases in blood and other solutions by vacuum extraction and manometric measurement. I.

CONTENTS. PAGE I. Principles of construction and use of the manometric apparatus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 II. Details of apparatus.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527 III. Details of general technique.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 IV. Calculation................................................... 533 V. Determination of carbon dioxide in blood or plasma.. . . . . . . . 543 VI. Determination of plasma carbon dioxide capacity . . . . . . . 551 VII. Determination of oxygen in blood.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 VIII. Combined determination of oxygen and carbon dioxide in blood. 561 IX. Determination of carbon monoxide in blood.. . . . . . . . . . . . 562 X. Combined determination of carbon dioxide, oxygen, and carbon monoxide................................................... 564 XI. Microanalyses................................................ 565 XII. Determination of gases in liquids saturated at high tensions. . . . 563 XIII. Determination of dissolved gases in water.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 XIV. Use of the apparatus for air and general gas analysis.. . . . . . . . . 572