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Contents
- 1 Pressure and Its Measurement
- 2 Atmospheric and Alveolar Pressures
- 3 Hydrostatic Pressure
- 4 Doctor Dolittle Visits a Sitting Case
- 5 In the Loop—Left Ventricular Pressures
- 6 What Goes Around Comes Around—Venous Return
- 7 Pushmi-Pullyu and the Right Atrium
- 8 Pressure and Flow—Chickens and Eggs
- 9 Down But Not Out—Circulatory Arrest Pressures
- 10 Starling’s Riddle of the Broken Heart
- 11 Oxygen and the Gradients of Life
- 12 The Two Doctors Fick
- 13 A Breath of Fresh Air—Ventilation
- 14 Pulmonary Function Tests
- 15 Where Breath Meets Blood—Lung Perfusion
- 16 Bird Brains and Bird Breath
- 17 Diffusion Limitation—Montana Style
- 18 Man, Machine, and Homeostasis
- 19 Putting It All Together—Manned Space Flight
