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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI100526

EFFECT OF LAPAROTOMY ON LUNG VOLUME. DEMONSTRATION OF A NEW TYPE OF PULMONARY COLLAPSE

Henry K. Beecher

Surgical Services and Metabolism Laboratory of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

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During the two years in which the bulk of this work was done the writer was the holder of the James Jackson Cabot Fellowship of Harvard University. This study and the one preceding it (1) were awarded the Warren Triennial Prize of the Massachusetts General Hospital for 1931.

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Published July 1, 1933 - More info

Published in Volume 12, Issue 4 on July 1, 1933
J Clin Invest. 1933;12(4):651–658. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI100526.
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