Thoracentesis: The Plan of Continuous Aspiration

Abstract

says, "had Dr. Black been acquainted with these, he would find that the 'facts' he adopts as his premises have been long since proved by direct experiment not to occur during asphyxia".But what are these direct experiments which controvert my facts?He thus refers to them: " thus the blood may been seen in the opened thorax to pass freely through the lungs for some time after the respira- tory movements have ceased, etc."I have italicised the word "opened", for the whole gist of the controversy lies here.My reviewer, like many others (I will not impute this to Dr. Johnson), seems to think and believe that what takes place in the openze( thorax, must necessarily