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Apparatus with lever (kymograph) for the tracing of the respiratory movements

The circle beneath the lever represents theoretically the section of the thorax. (Source: Mosso A. Life of man on the high Alps. Kiesow EL, trans. London: T Fisher Unwin, 1898:32. Public domain.)

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