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Meakins' curves showing descent of position of utilization in oxygen dissociation curve when muscular work was undertaken by Meakins at 14,200 feet

(Source: Barcroft J, Binger CA, Bock AV, et al. Observations upon the effect of high altitude on the physiological processes of the human body, carried out in the Peruvian Andes, chiefly at Cerro de Pasco. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B 1923;211:351-480. Public domain.)

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