DEADLY GAS.
Carbon monoxide is not a poison in the generally accepted sense of the word, but it gets in its deadly work by suffocation. As indicated by its name, carbon monoxide is a sort of transitory stage between straight carbon and carbon dioxide > and as a result it has a great affinity for additional oxygen, which it absorbs in changing from carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. When the monoxide is breathed in it is taken up by the blood. Thus the oxygen from the air, also taken up by the blood through the lung cells, is absorbed by the carbon monoxide instead of actually being absorbed by and purifying tho blood. Hence the effect is the same as if the breathing had actually been cut off.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18891, 13 December 1924, Page 12 (Supplement)
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127DEADLY GAS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18891, 13 December 1924, Page 12 (Supplement)
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