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We do not doubt to assert, that air does not serve for the motion of the lungs, but rather to communicate something to the blood...It is very likely that it is the fine nitrous particles, with which the air abounds, that are communicated to the blood through the lungs.
John Mayow
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John Mayow
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Born:
May 24, 1640
Died:
1679
(aged 38)
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John Mayow was a chemist, physician, and physiologist who is remembered today for conducting early research into respiration and the nature of air. Mayow worked in a field that is sometimes called pneumatic chemistry.
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