From: Kurzes Lehrbuch der Physiologie für Mediciner, by Heinrich Johannes Boruttau, published 1898, page 108.
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Spirometer, Collins Respirometer, 1959
From: R.M. Cherniak. The oxygen consumption and efficiency of the respiratory muscles in health and emphysema. J Clin Invest 1959, page 494.
Katharometer, Carbon Dioxide Analyzer, 1926
I.W. Rabinowitch, E.V. Bazin. A simple and accurate method for determining basal metabolic rates. An electrometric (katharometer) procedure. Can Med J, 1926, page 638.
Spirometer, Tissot, 1920
From: Laboratory Manual of the Technic of Basal Metabolic Rate Determinations, Walter Meredith Boothby, Irene Sandiford, published 1920 W.B. Saunders. Page 43
Steady-State DLCO, 1959
From: MacNamera J, Prime FJ, Sinclair JD. An assessment of the steady-state carbon monoxide method of estimating pulmonary diffusing capacity. Thorax 1959; 14: 166.
Jones Metabolimeter, 1922. Diagram
From Basal Metabolism: Its determination and application. Frank Sanborn editor. Sanborn Company Publishers, 1922. Page 106.
Spirometer, Tissot, BMR measurement via mask, 1922
From Basal Metabolism: Its determination and application. Frank Sanborn editor. Sanborn Company Publishers, 1922. Page 57.
Spirometer, Lyttleton, 1894
A very similar idea to the Krogh Spirometer, but without the counterweight or any recording device. Doubtful if it was ever manufactured.
Spirometer, Horizontal, Burton-Oppitz, 1922
Horizontal spirometer. From R. Burton-Oppitz. A new type of recording spirometer. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. August 1922, Volume 7, no 11, page 2.
VO2 at Rest with Inspiratory and Expiratory Resistances, 1961
From: Maurice McGregor and Margaret R. Becklake. THE RELATIONSHIP OF OXYGEN COST OF BREATHING TO RESPIRATORY MECHANICAL WORK AND RESPIRATORY FORCE. Volume 40, Issue 6 (June 1961), J Clin Invest. 1961;40(6):971–980.
Maurice McGregor* and Margaret R. Becklake