Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) and Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794)
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Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743-1794) and the birth of respiratory physiology.
BACKGROUND For more than 1500 years, the status of knowledge concerning the physiology of human respiration has remained almost unchanged. In the 18th century, the French chemist Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier conducted breathing experiments on human and animal respiration. METHODS The main bibliographic sources concerning Lavoisier's life and work on respiration have been investigated and anal...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Science
سال: 1955
ISSN: 0003-3790,1464-505X
DOI: 10.1080/00033795500200295