respiration-number

Updated: May 20, 2025

Both heart-beat and respiration-number become diminished, drowsiness supervenes, becoming steadily deeper until it passes into the sleep of death. Occasionally, however, convulsions may set in towards the end, and a death somewhat similar to that of asphyxia takes place.

Various - Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1