STUDIES OF TOTAL PULMONARY CAPACITY AND ITS SUB-DIVISIONS. III. CHANGES WITH BODY POSTURE

Abstract

It has been known for nmany years that the posture of the body has an influenice on pulmonary capacity. More than 25 years ago Bohr (3) andl Plesch (10) found that the residual air increases in the recumbent l)ositioll. Christie and Beams (6) in 1922 observed a reduction of 5.5 per cent in '0S' 1 (1 V(RI R F\(I' R'oM 10( ()S1', 'Vxi IONS )