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Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology 13.2 pp 105-114
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THE ACTION OF AMYL NITRITE ON THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION

R. J. S. McDowall 1

1 The Physiological Laboratories of the Universities of Edinburgh and Leeds

It is shown that amyl nitrite causes a lowering of pulmonary blood-pressure

Evidence is brought forward to show that there is direct action on the pulmonary bloodvessels, and this is supported by the findings in the auricles. The existence of a vasodilator mechanism in the lungs is rendered probable.

A revision of the present position of nitrites in the treatment of certain lung diseases is suggested by the results of these experiments.






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