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Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Foreword, Pages vii-viii
I - Production of Liquid and Solid Micromicellar Aerosols, Pages 1-22
II - Sampling, Numbering, and Sizing Aerosol Particles, Pages 23-29
III - Pulmonary Penetration of Aerosols. Biological Importance of Submicronic Particles, Pages 30-36
IV - Importance of Particle Size for Therapeutic Aerosol Efficiency, Pages 37-57
V - Deposition of Air-Borne Particles at Various Levels of the Respiratory Tract, Pages 58-85
VI - Practical Recommendations for Administering Pharmacological Aerosols, Pages 86-92
VII - Airway Constriction and Dilation with Aerosols. Action of Antagonistic Aerosols on Respiration, Pages 93-102
VIII - Gaseous Exchanges after Breathing Dilating and Constricting Aerosols, Pages 103-117
IX - Effects of Pharmacological (Constricting and Dilating) Aerosols and of Air-Borne Insoluble Particulate Matter upon the Mechanics of Breathing and the Lung Volumes in Normal Subjects and in Patients, Pages 118-133
X - Influence of Pharmacological or Dust Aerosols upon Various Clinical and Functional Respiratory Tests, Pages 134-149
XI - Comparative Study of Some Methods Used for Determining Constriction and Dilation of the Airways after Administering Pharmacological or Dust Aerosols. Sensitivity of the Plethysmographic Method, Pages 150-162
XII - Effects of Pharmacological or Dust Aerosols upon Guinea Pigs' Excised Lungs, Pages 163-180
XIII - Comparative Action of Atropine and of Sympathomimetic Drugs upon the Constricting Effects of Parasympathomimetic Substances, Pages 181-195
XIV - Participation of the Alveolar Spaces in Dilation and Constriction of the Lungs, Pages 196-213
XV - Influence of Constricting and Dilating Microaerosols on “Pressure-Volume” Curves of Isolated Atelectatic Rats' Lungs, Pages 214-222
XVI - Degree of Airway Dilation in Man and of Pulmonary Expansion in Excised Lungs According to the Number of Breaths of Sympathomimetic Microaerosols, Pages 223-235
XVII - Effects of Sympathomimetic Aerosols upon the Respiratory Reflexes Induced by Dusting the Supraglottic Airways in the Dog, Pages 236-247
XVIII - Collective Inhalation of Dilating Aerosols, Pages 248-257
XIX - Preparing Solutions for Airwaydilating Aerosols, Pages 258-259
XX - Use of Aerosols in Respiratory Diseases, Pages 260-275
XXI - Systemic Effects of Liquid Aerosols, Pages 276-285
XXII - Summary, Pages 286-290
Bibliography, Pages 291-353
Index, Pages 355-366