STUDIES OF TOTAL PULMONARY CAPACITY AND ITS SUBDIVISIONS. VII. OBSERVATIONS DURING THE ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA AND FOLLOWING THE ADMINISTRATION OF EPINEPHRINE 1

Abstract

In the hope that new light might be thrown on the functional pathology of asthma and the mode of action of epinephrine the total pulmonary ca- pacity and its subdivisions have been measured during the acute stage of bronchial asthma, and the observations repeated soon after the adminis- tration of this drug.