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— due to nickel carbonyl, 357, 362 et seq., 369 Mountaineering and use of alcohol, 33 — bodily temperature, 33 Mountain sickness and ha.>matemesis, 33 — haemoptysis, 33 — melxna, 33 — oxygen-supply, 31, 203 — • pneumonia, 1 14 — respiration, 202 — symptoms of, 31, 32 - Bert on, 33 — Conway on, 31 — Glaisher on, 33 — Gtissfeldt on, 32 Humboldt on, 32 Mowat on effects of CO, 336 Mailer's fluid, 357 Municipalities and use of water-gas, 374, 375» 376 Muntz on altitude and blood conditions, 316 Munzer and Palma on albuminuria, 318 — hyperaemia, 181 — glycosuria, 198 — tendon reflexes, 255 Muscle extract, Falk on CO gas in, 348 Muscular atrophy, 249, 354 — electrical reactions, 255 et seif., 354 — exertion in CO poisoning, 215, 335, 336 — inco-ordination in CO poisoning, 323, 37° — pains in CO poisoning, 185 — paralysis, 241 et seq. — of eyes, 263 — powerlessness from black -damp, 2O — CO poisoning, 90, 177, 179, 228, 3'2 and mountain sickness, 32 — spasms. 94, 181, 221, 301, 302 — rigidity, 301 — tremors, 222 MusV> on anaemia, 314 — chronic CO poisoning, 305, 323 — cerebral disorders, 277 Mutilation of bodies after explosions, 76 Myelitis, disseminated. 370 464 INDEX \ NAHNSKN'S blasting gelatine, 68 Nausea in CO poisoning, 216 Nasmith and Graham, experiments on animals with CO gas, 217 — on effects of CO on blood of animnls, 3'5 Natural pas, 34 — accidents from, 34 — composition of, 34 — use of in industrial operations, 34 Necrosis of tissues, 235 Nerve centres and CO poisoning, 184, 351 Nerve lesions and CO poisoning, 354, 355, 357 — tissues and CO poisoning, 350 Nervous symptoms in CO poisoning, 120 et seq., 180, 181, 182, 184, 211 — system, disturbances of, 226 et set/., 370. 371 Neuralgic pains in CO poisoning, 189. 247, 267. 301, 323 Neuritis, optic, and CO poisoning, 243, 265, 268, 298 — peripheral and CO poisoning, 2, 108, 119 et seq., 213, 227, 232, 247, 248, 250, 275, 278, 323 Neuroses, 306 New South Wales colliery disasters, lot Nickel carbonyl and brain lesions, 1 12, 357, 362, 364. 365, 366> 367, 368 — CO poisoning, 194, 357 — lung lesions, in Nicloux and Martin on CO in normal blood, 315, 345 — method of estimating CO gas, 356 Nitric oxide gas and explosiveness, 60 Nitro-benzene from fumes of roburite, 73 Nitrogen in coke-oven gas, 149 — Mond gas, 152 Nitro-glycerine explosives, 67, 70 - - fumes from firing, 268 - treatment by in gas-poisoning, 337 Nitrous fumes, effects of, 68, 72, 75, 107 — pneumonia from, 117 Non-carburretted water-gas, CO gas in, 148 — making of, 147 Norton colliery disaster, 404 Nose-clamp, 406 Nowicki on estimation of CO gas, 387 Noxious fumes and explosives, 71 — gases in mines, 10, 75 — and high temperature, 33 Nystagmus and gas-poisoning, 187, 225, 271 — and gauging fire-caps, 27 O OCCUPATION and gas-poisoning, 184 Ocular disturbances, 269 Ocular paralysis, 243, 244, 263 Odour after firing roburite, 73 — of fire-damp, 24 — of water-gas, 147 (Edema in alcoholism, 259 — in CO poisoning, 96, 235, 238, 239, 242, 243, 251, 252, 274 — of brain in CO poisoning, 356 - of lungs, in, 1 86, 204 Oil in water-gas, 147 Oil-cake mills and explosions, 57 Oil-lubricants and gas-poisoning, 69, 70 — flash-point of, 70 Oil, rape, as lubricant. 70 Oliver on effects of CO gas, 187, 217, 226 — — on speech, 270 — experiments with CO2 on animals, 13 — gas poisoning, 2, 140 — glycosuria, 196 — mental disorders, 279, 281, 283 — toxic properties of H2S, 28 Ollivier on glycosuria, 197 Opera Comique, fire at, 179 Opisthotonos in CO poisoning, 94 Oppolzer on bladder paralysis, etc., 192 Optic atrophy, 265, 268, 371 — neujritis, 243, 265, 268 — oscillation, 262, 301 — paralysis, 371 Order, explosives in coal mines, 50 Orsman on fumes from roburite, 72 Oscillation of eye-balls, 262, 301 Osmium staining of nerve tissue, 356 Outbursts of gas in pits, 420 Oxidation of coal, 38 Oxygen-administration in gas-poisoning, 167,325,326,358,416,417 Oxygen apparatus for rescue work, 368 el seq. Oxygen, action of on lamp flames, 17 — consumption of after explosions, 31 — deficiency of and dyspncea, 15. 203, 353 — powerlessness, 230 — in black-damp, 20 — in mines after explosions, 29, 30, 213 — in air of mines, 9, 13 — production from peroxides, 408 — requirements for breathing, 389 Oxygen-starvation, effects of, 203, 352 Oxy-haemoglobin, 203, 331, 348, 382 — spectrum of, 382 PAGET on glossy skin, 254 Pains in back in CO poisoning, 189 — neuralgic, in CO poisoning, 247 — in epigastrium in CO poisoning, 19, 191 — in head in CO poisoning, 89, 188, 189, 216, 217, 227, 252, 265, 268, 298. 300, 301, 303. 312, 313, 321, 323, 325 INDEX Pains in head in black-damp, 19 Pakes on lung diseases, 106, 213 — noxious gases in mines, 75, 101 Pallor of skin in chronic CO poisoning, .113 Palma on pleurisy, 112 Palpitation in CO poisoning, 92, 95, 206, 216, 312, 323 Panski on CO poisoning, 235, 279, 370 Paraestliesia in CO poisoning, 237, 246. 274 Paralysis in CO poisoning. 118 et seq., 1 80, 187, 226. 228, 230 et seq., 232, 238, 241, 269, 272, 323, 370 — of bladder, 192, 253, 269, 370 groups of muscles, 241 et seij. ocular muscles, 263. — partial, of muscles, 241 et seq. — pathognomonic signs of, 259 Paramnesia, 257, 289, Paraplegia in CO poisoning, 119, 226, 234. 308, 319. 3?o Paresis in CO-poisoning, 228, 301, 304, 323, 370 Parkslip disaster, 58, 81, 82 Parnassus, Grotto of, and CO gas, 282 Particulate matter in green-gas, 132, 133 Pathognomonic signs of CO paralysis, 259 Pathology of CO poisoning, 340 et seq., 371 Pecoul on CO poisoning, 309 Pemphigus, 250, 253, 304 Penygraig disaster. 62 Peptonuria, 313 Percolation of gases through soil and gas- poisoning, 139 et seq. Percy on gas-poisoning, 141 Perilous positions and gassing, 145 Peripheral neuritis (see Neuritis}. Pernicious amvmia and CO poisoning, 314 Perochaud on hemiplegia, 237, 240 Peroxides for oxygen - generation, 408, 414, 426 Persecution, delusions of, 321, 322 Perspiration, 233 Pettenkofer, method of estimating CO,, 386, 387 — on chronic CO poisoning, 310 Phenomena of explosions, 58 Phrase-repetition in CO poisoning, 270 Phthisis and exposure to CO gas, 211, 212 — bad ventilation, 106 nitrous fumes, 69 — miners', 68, 69 Cornish, 69 Physiological effects of oxygen-inhalation, .327 — wearing rescue apparatus. 426 Pillar and stall method of working coal, 8 Pink colour of blood in CO poisoning, 379 — skin in CO poisoning, 186, 304 Pit-shafts, 8 Pit explosions (see Disasters). — explosives, 49 et seq. tires and CO gas, 219 — sinking and gas outbursts, 337 Pits and black -damp, 23, 213 Plans of collieries, 77, 421, 422, 434 — and positions of dead bodies, 80, 433, 434 Plenio on CO poisoning, 212 Pleurisy and gas-poisoning, in, 196 Pneumatogen rescue apparatus, 393, 408, 414 Pneumococcic meningitis, 106 Pneumococcus, 106, 118 Pneumonia and Australian mines, 107 — black-damp, 21, 109 — CO gas, 2, 104, 105, 107, 108, 116, 196, 275, 318 - CO, gas, 13 — coal-gas, 2, 358 — fire-damp, 109 gunpowder fumes, 104 — nitrous fumes, 117 — S. African mines, 106, 107 — deglutition, 113 — insufflation, 337 — in ironworks, 116 — type of in CO poisoning, \ 16 Poelchen on aphasia, 272 — cerebral hemorrhages, 182, 214, 369 — CO poisoning, 211 — deglutition pneumonia, 114 — effect of CO on brain blood-vessels, 369 — mental disorders, 276 — paralysis, 240 Poisoning by after-damp, 85, 95 — black-damp, 18 — treatment of, 21 — blast-furnace gas, 128 et seq. — carbon dioxide, symptoms of, 14 — monoxide, symptoms of, 85 et seq. — charcoal fumes, 168 et seq. — fumes of explosives, 72, 85 — hydrogen sulphide, 28 — producer-gas, 1 28 et seq. Pokrowsky on body temperature, 193 — circulation, 208 Poleck on air of mines, 9 Pollution of air of mines, 9 — effects of, 21 — toleration of, 22 Polyuria, 199 Portal on asphyxiation and CO gas, 227 — paraplegia, 234 Posselt on effects of CO gas, 278 — pupillary states, 263 Position of dead bodies after explosions, 79.81 — victim in suction-gas producer, 159 Post-mortem appearances, internal. 354 et seq. 3 C 466 INDEX Post-mortem appearances in coal gas poisoning, 358 et seq. — external, 340. 341 Posture in CO poisoning, 325 Potain and Drouin on CO in animal blood, 345 — on estimation of CO gas. 386 Potassium nitrate in gelignite, 72 Potassium-sodium-peroxide, 409 Pottery works and use of Mond vas, 151 Pouchet on mental disorders, 277 — period of retention of CO in blood, 346 Power-Gas Corporation and Precautionary Notice, 1 60, 167 Power- works and use of Mond gas, 152 Powerlessness in CO poisoning, 90, 177, 179, 228, 269 — from deficient oxygen, 230 Prcecordial distress, 323 Precautionary notices against CO poison- ing, 160, 167, 172 Pressure-gauge in rescue apparatus, 402, 414 Pressure in air of collieries, 1 1 — and spontaneous combustion, 41 Prevention of explosions, 63 — gob-fires, 46 Printing trade and CO poisoning, 175, 311 Producer-gas poisoning, 98, 100, 128, 129, 130, 150, 167, 176, 226, 279. 320, 382 — hysterical symptoms in, 187 — state of pupils in, 182 — symptoms of, 176 — typical cases of, 184 Producer gases, analysis of, 153 — application of, 150 — manufacture of, 162 — plant and gas-poisoning, 154 Prognosis in CO poisoning, 182, 183, 257 — paralysis in CO poisoning, 257 Proto rescue apparatus, 393, 400, 401, 414 Prussian Commission on fire-damp, 25 — coal-dust in mines, 54 Pseudo-paralysis in CO poisoning, 305 Pugilistic attitude in burned bodies, 84 Pulmotor, 328, 417 — description of, 418 Pulmonary apoplexy and explosions, 84 — congestion and gas-poisoning, 112, 248 — diseases and CO gas, 2, 212 — oedema and gas-poisoning, 186 Pulsation in neck blood-vessels, 312 Pulse, effects on, in use of rescue apparatus, 427 Pulse-rate and mine operations, 47 — in CO poisoning, 182, 207, 312, 313, 32O Pulse-tension in CO poisoning, 96 Pupils, state of in gas-poisoning, 182, 224, 262, 293, 299, 306, 323 Purgatives in gassing, 338 Purification of coal-gas, 146 — suction-gas, 158 Purifier houses and explosions, 149 Purpura in CO poisoning, 252, 255 Purlscher on effects on vision, 265, 278 Putrefaction of body in CO poisoning, 340, 342 Pyrites and spontaneous combustion, 40 QUARRIES, blasting of gunpowder, 65 — Crarae and gas-poisoning, 65 f R RABIES simulating CO poisoning, 221 Rabbits, effects of nickel carbonyl fumes, 369 Raffegeau on blindness, 268 Rape oil and air-compressors, 70 Rarefied air and oxygen-content, 30 — pneumonia, 1 14 Reaction, muscular electrical, 255 et seq. — of degeneration, 256 Reduced haemoglobin, spectrum of, 382 Reflexes, exaggerated. 224 — tendon, 255, 272, 323 Regulations for ventilation, 1 1 Reinhold on blood in chronic CO poison- ing, 316 Re-iteration of words, etc., in CO poison- ing, 270 Rendu on electrical reactions of muscles, 255, 256 — paralysis, 232, 233, 238, 246 — skin eruptions, 251 — tendon reflexes, 255 Repetition of phrases, 270, 371 Report of Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 9, 10, 18, 27, 54, 63 — visual test for fire-damp, 27 — explosions from coal-dust, 55 — mines (1909) on coal-dust, 55 — of Austrian Commission on fire-damp, 89 — coal-gas poisoning 375 — Gas Commissioners of Massachusetts, 1896, 295 — German Commission on War Mines, 1 02 — Mines (Rescue and Aid) Committee, 1911, 421 et seq. — Sanitary State Board of Health and Gas-poisoning, 376 — Transvaal Phthisis Commission, 66, 74, 106, 213 — Miners' Commission, 1912, 68, 74 Rescue apparatus (see Apparatus} — brigades, 407, 423, 429 — work in mines, 328, 388 — operations in mines, 420 et seq. , 429 — stations for mines, 421, 429 INDEX 467 KfN|>irutii>n, artificial, 325, 332, 333, 339 — by Pulmotor, 328 — Cheyne-Stokes', 201 — dead-space in, 390, 427 — effects of altitude, 202 — oxygen -starvation, 352, 353 — on of CO poisoning, 200 et sty., 3I3..325. 351. 352 — of wearing rescue apparatus, 427 Respirator) rhythm, 200, 313 — disease in S. African Mines, 106 ReM in CO poisoning, 335 Restlessness, in CO poisoning, 181, 256, 3oi Restoration of apparently-asphyxiated 416 Retention of CO gas in blood, 346 Ravenstorf on CO poisoning, 240, 279 Richardson on glycosuria, 197 Kiembault on pneumonia, 108 Rigal on CO poisoning in war mines, 94 Rigidity of limbs. 93, 181, 221, e t seq Roads in collieries, 8, 81 Roburite, 73 — and CO poisoning, 73 — gases from firing, 73, 74 — symptoms of poisoning by, 73 Rochelt on mental disorders, 277 Roof falls (see falls of K oof) Rokitansky on changes in spinal cord, 277, 355 — pneumonia, 1 1 1 , 355 — skin eruptions, 251 Rose colour of skin in CO poisoning, 186, 340 Ross and Bury on paralysis, 231, 370 — peripheral neuritis, 227, 247, 279 Rouillard on mental disorders, 276, 290 Ruata on acute delirium, 278, 284 Rules, statutory, for rescue work in mines, 423 et seq.. Appendix Runeberg on fever in CO poisoning, 195 — injury to nerve centres, 357 — mental disorders, 278 — nerve lesions, 354 SACH on eflects of CO gas on laundry- workers, 314 Safety-lamp (see Lamp} St Martin on CO in blood, 348 Salt-works and use of Mond gas, 152 Salvator apparatus, 404 Sand treatment for gassing, 3.30 Sanger Brown on blood conditions, 315 — cardiac conditions, 206, 279, 287 Scaffolding in furnaces and gas-poisoning, 135. 375 Scrubbers in gas purification, 146, 158 Seaham disaster, 58, 62, 81 — position of dead bodies in, 8l. Sedoux on lubricants and air-contamina- tion, 69 See on CO poisoning in kitchens, 312 Seidel on convulsions, 219 — CO poisoning, 282 Senffon glycosuria, 196 Senghenydd disaster, 429 Sensory disturbances, 244, 323, 370 Sex and toleration of CO gas, 209 Shafts in pits, 8, 14, 17, 23, 213 Shamrock rescue apparatus, 393, 404 Shaky hand, 370 Ship-building and use of Mond gas, 151 Shivering in CO poisoning, 91, 181, 194 Shot firing and bronchitis, 103 Shots, blown-out, 57, 59 Shotts ironworks and treatment of gassing, 330 Sibelius on cerebral lesions, 278 — CO poisoning, 228, 240, 267, 278, 280, 298 Siemens' producer-gas, analysis of, 183 — process of steel making, 154 Sieveking on pneumonia, 109 Sight, disturbances of, 243 244, 245, 252, 261 et seq., 267, 269, 278, 298, 301, 306, 313, 319, 321, 325, 336 Silesia works, accident from gas- poisoning, 329 Silicosis and exposure to CO gas, 213 Simon on abdominal distension, 191 '— aphasia, 271 — cerebral hemorrhage, 182 — mental disorders, 276 — paralysis, 240 Simpson on effects of coal-gas, 179 — CO poisoning in ironers, 227, 258 Sinking in pits, 337 Skin, appearances of in CO poisoning, 34° Skowronsky on CO poisoning, 253 468 INDEX Slag-tapping at blast-furnaces, 135 Sleeplessness, 231, 252, 263, 284, 300, 323 Slips at blast-furnaces, 138 Sloughing of tissues, 249, 253. 370 Smell, loss of power of, 193 — of underground fires, 43 Smelting- works and use of Mond gas, 151 Smith, Lorraine, on CO,, gas, 15 — on poisonous constituents of illuminat- ing gas, 132 — oxygen-inhalation, 327, 328, 416 Smoke and CO poisoning, 5, 389 — death from, after explosions, 76 — helmet in rescue apparatus, 393, 306, 399 Smoky atmospheres and rescue apparatus, 404 Snaefell disaster, 36, 44, 95, 97, 123, 126, 178 Sneezing from fumes, 268 Snell on flame-caps, 27 Softening of brain, 225, 371 Soil and gas deodorisation, 142 — gas-percolation, 139 et seq. Somnolency in CO poisoning, 183, 236, 300, 370 Spasms, muscular, in CO poisoning, 181, 195, 221, 301, 302 Specific gravity of black -damp, 17 CO gas, 30 — fire-damp, 23 Spectra of blood, 382 Spectroscope, hand direct-vision, 381 — micro-, 381 Spectroscopic examination of blood, 341 et «?•• 358, 372, 381 Spectrum of CO-hnemoglobin, 65, 342, 343. 372, 382 — in blood of dead bodies, 342, 343, 347, 382 Speech, disturbances of, 126 225, 233, 269, 271, 274, 289, 299, 302, 320, 323, 370, 371 Sphincters, relaxation of in CO poisoning, 191 Spinal cord lesions in CO poisoning, 277, 354, 355 Spitta on estimation of CO gas, 386 Splenic enlargement in CO poisoning, 313 Spontaneous combustion (see Combustion). Staffordshire collieries and underground fires, 430 Staggering from black -damp, 20 — gait in CO poisoning, 216, 229, 260, 269, 312, 370 Staining of nerve tissues, 356, 357 Statistics of pit explosions. 49, 50, 51, 53 Statutory Rules and Orders, 1913, for rescue work in mines, 423 Steam engine, I Steel works, accidents by gas-poisoning in, 145, 154 — Mond gas in, 1 50 Steel works, oven gas in, 149 — use of gas in, I, 150, 212, 329 Steel-workers and gas-poisoning, 228 Steppage-gait in CO poisoning, 187, 231, 260, 271, 301, 320 Stereognostic sense, loss of, 246, 274 Stevenson and water gas poisoning, 143, 1 86 Stimulants in gas-poisoning, 337 Stink-damp in collieries, 28 Stokers and gas-poisoning, 316 Stoop-and-room method of working coal, 8 Stoppings in gob-fires, 46 — mines, 422 Stoves, charcoal and CO poisoning, 5> 168, 211, 235, 285, 286, 287, 303, 306, 309. 310 Strassman and Schultze on CO in blood ot liver, 344 Strychnia in gas-poisoning, 337 Stupor in CO poisoning, 284 Stursberg on CO poisoning, 279 Suction gas, analysis of, 153 - engine, 157, 158 — gases, analysis of, 1 59 — poisoning by, 128, 129, 309 Sudden death in CO poisoning, 101, 183, 184, 207 Suicide by charcoal fumes. 187, 223, 233. 238, 272, 277, 285, 286, 287, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 304 - by gas, 219, 254, 374 Sulphuretted hydrogen in pits, 9, 28, 72, 286 — coal-gas, 149 — lethal doses of, 28 Sulphurous acid in blast-furnace gas, 137 — from firing gunpowder, 68, J2 — in gases, 386 Summons on miners' phthisis, 69 Sumps, black-damp in, 7 Susceptibility to CO gas, 7, 209 et seq., 213, 214, 219 of small animals, 7 of individuals, 209, 213 — relative to age, 214, 219 Swallowing, difficulty in, 233 Sweating of coal, 43 — in CO poisoning, 190 Sweden, law as to geysers, 150 Sweet-damp in pits, 12 Swelling of body, 252 Symptoms, after-, in CO poisoning, 188 — nervous, 120 -of acute CO poisoning, 65, 85, 86, 87 et seq., 99, 167, 180, 182 chronic CO poisoning, 311 et seq. — furnace-gas CO poisoning, \"]f>et seq. producer gas CO poisoning, 167, 176 roburite fumes CO poisoning, 73 Szigeti on retention of CO in blood, 35° INDEX 469 TABLKS OK ANALYSES, 19, 34, 43, 44, 45. 49. 5°. 5'. 52, 53> S6, 67. 68, 71, 72, 74, 81, 129, 130, 131, 148, • S3. >59, 415. 428 Table of analyses of air after blasting, 67 — amounts of CO in water-gas, etc., 148 — black -damp, 19, 43 — blast-furnace gases. 131 — cases of CO poisoning from blast-furnace gases, 129 — coal-dust gases, 56 — coke-oven gases, 148 — compressor air, 67 — deaths from power gases, 1 29 — explosions, 49, 50, 52, 53 — gases from blasting, 68 — from firing gun-cotton, 72 — from firing gunpowder, 71 — from roburite, 74 — from underground fires, 44, 45 — in rescue apparatus, 428 — illuminating-gas, 148 — mine disasters, 51, 53 — natural gas, 34 — position of bodies after explosions, 8l — producer gases, 153 — suction gases, 159 — temperatures and CO production, 130 Tachycardia, 95, 96, 100, 205, 206 Taffanel on experimental work in ex- plosions, 59 — explosions, 60 Tar, coal-distillation and gas-poisoning, i?3. '74 — gas-manufacture, 146, 148 Taste in CO poisoning, 177 Taylor on coal-gas poisoning. 184 — CO poisoning, 183 — eye-ball oscillation, 262 Temperature on use of rescue apparatus, 427 — of blast-furnaces and CO production, 13° -- air of mines and toxic action of gases, 21, 33 — animals in CO poisoning, 180 — body in acute alcoholism 337 — body in CO poisoning, 100, 182, »93. 195. 299, 304, 325, 334, } bod -- body in mountaineering, 33 -- deep mines, 40 — mines and gob- fires, 47 — ventilation of mines and, 33 — wet-bulb thermometer in mines, 47 Tendon reflexes, 255, 323 Test-room and gas-poisoning, 1 37 Tesis of sensation, 246 Textile factories and use of Mond gas, 153 Theilemann on albuminuria, 199 Theilcmann on CO poisoning, 210 — Cheyne-Stokes' respiration, 201 Thermometer, readings of wet-bulb in mines. 428 Thomas on air of mines after explosions, 29,85 — artificial respiration, 325 — CO, in collieries, 14 Thomsen on mental disorders, 284, 299 Thomson on anuria, 199 — maniacal delirium, 187, 277 — vomiting, 190 Thoracic pain in CO poisoning, 189 Timbering, break-down of, 79 — ignition of and underground fires, 36 — in collieries, 8 Tiredness, 321 Tolerance to CO gas, 209, 21 1, 212, 216 — polluted air of mines, 22 Tonite explosive, 72, 74 — fumes of and CO poisoning, 74 Tourdes on coal-gas poisoning, 237 — CO poisoning, 210, 227 Towns in America using water-gas, 375, 376 — England using water-gas, 374, 375 — Ireland using water-gas, 374, 375 — Scotland using water-gas, 374, 375 Toxic action of HaS, 28 — mine gases and temperature, 21 — ferment in CO poisoning, 357 Toxins in CO poisoning, 318 Tracheitis, 103 Trades, dangerous, 3 Training of rescue brigades, 423, 427, 429 Transfusion in CO poisoning, 331 Transvaal mines, 64, 74, 101, 103 — analysis of air of, 67 — Miners' Commission Report, (1912) and double blasting. 68 — Phthisis Commission Report, 66, 70, 74, 106, 213 Traube on cardiac symptoms, 208 — transfusion, 331 Treatment of gassing (see Gassing) — poisoning by black-damp, 21 - CO gas, 324, 330, 337, 33®, 4>6 illuminating-gas, 337, 358 Trembling in CO poisoning, 181 Tremor, muscular, in CO poisoning, 92, iSl. 195, 222, 224, 225 Trenelle on chorea, 223 — effects of CO gas, 278, 283. 291 — word-reiteration, 270 Trismus, 93, 181, 221 Tropho-neuroses in CO poisoning. 193, 235, 236, 244, 249, 259, 265, 303, 370 Truelle and Petit on loss of memory, 278, 292, 297 Turf-scxl in treatment of gassing, 330 470 INDEX U UUSTON DISASTER, 334 Ulcers in gas-poisoning, 250, 253 Unconsciousness (see Coma) Underground fires, 12, 29, 33, 35, 420, 429. 43° — accidents from, 42, 217 — and after-damp, 29 — fire-damp, 38 — white-damp, 12 — at Snaefell disaster, 36 — causes of, 36 — CO gas from, 36, 37 — effects of, 44, 279 — electricity as a cause of, 38 — extinction of, 35 — from timbering and naked lights, 36 — gases produced in, 44, 45 — gob -fires as a cause of, 38 — gravity of, 35 — ignition of material as a cause of, 37 — mine, temperature in, 33 — outbreaks of, 36 - signs of, 43 — steam-pipes as a cause of, 38 — spontaneous combustion and, 38 Underground flues and gas-poisoning, 136 Urea, excretion of, 198 Urine in CO poisoning, 196, 274, 318 — incontinence of, 269, 294, 300, 301, 37o — retention of, 265, 269, 301, 302 V VAI.I.IN on chronic CO poisoning from stoves. 310 Valves in rescue apparatus, 393, 397, 399, 400 401, 406 Vary on treatment of gas-poisoning, 338 Vaso-motor disturbances in CO poisoning, 96, 190, 194, 236, 244, 249, 259, 370 Venesection in gassing, 331, 338 Ventilation of bath-rooms and use of geysers, 149 — collieries, 8, 9, 10, 72 air-movement, 35, 37, — and amounts of air needed, 1 1 — bad, and effects of, 21, 72, 212, 309 bad, and fire-damp, 25, 29, - by fans, u, 30, 33, 47, 213 — by furnaces, 37 — high temperature and, 33 — huts and charcoal burning, 169 — mines, 66, 423 — mechanical, 69 — regulations regarding, 1 1 — underground fires and, 37 use of roburite and, 73 — sheds and producer gas plants, 155 Vergeley on headache in CO poisoning, 1 88 — on contractures in CO paralysis, 234 Vertigo in CO poisoning. 189, 217, 220, 225, 231, 232, 252. — manufacture of, 147 — mixtures with coal-gas, 147, 148, 374, 375. 376 — non-carburetted, 147 — poisoning by, 143, 311 Watering of roads in collieries, 63 Watery vapour in expired air (see Absorb- ents} Watt and Irvine on blasting and gas- poisoning, 68 — miners' phthisis, 69 Weakness in CO poisoning, 185, 321, 323 WEG rescue apparatus, 38, 393, 406 et seq., 414, 415, 426 Wells and black-damp, 16, 23, 213 Weeping in CO poisoning, 187, 281, 282, 285, 298 Weight of rescue apparatus, 389, 396, 400, 404, 408, 410, 411, 415 — persons, effect of wearing rescue apparatus, 427 Wesche on retention of CO in blood, 347 — animal experiments, 347 INDEX 171 West Stanley disaster, 8l, 432 tt seq. Wet-bulb thermometer temperatures of ] mines, 428 Wheeler on experiments with expl> dusts, 57 White-damp, 12 Whitehaven disaster, 35, 52, 6l, 63,76, 80 - mortality in, 76 \Vhitwick disaster, 38 Wilcox and Collingwood on treatment of CO poisoning, 329 Wilks on loss of memory, 257 Wilson on experiments with CO, gas, 1 5 — toxic action of II»S, 28 Winkler's process for estimating CO gas, 385 Witter on blindness, 264 Witter on CO poisoning, 177 — convulsions, 219 Wolff on CO poisoning, 194, 239 Women and CO poisoning, 320 Word-blindness, 274 Working-face in collieries, 8, 1 1 — black -damp at, 20 Workings and black damp, 17, 22, 213 — black-damp, accidents from, 22 explosions, 51, 61, 62 underground fires, 35 — tracings of in rescue operations, 422 Wounds on bodies after explosions, 79, 433. 434 YAWNING in CO poisoning, 91 University of Toronto Library Acme Library Card Pocket Under Pat "Kef. Index File" Made bj LIBRARY BUREAU J. 