Anoxemia
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Anoxemia is a condition of the blood where, in a limited area or throughout the entire body, it receives less oxygen than it gives to the tissues. This condition forms the basis of mountain sickness and certain pathological symptoms in aviators.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
ANOXEMIA (from the Greek a- negative part, oxys- acid and haima- blood), a condition of the blood in which, in a limited area or in toto, it receives less O than it gives to the tissues; local A., for example, in spasm of the blood vessels of the finger skin is accompanied by cyanosis, from which, however, it does not follow that there is venous hyperemia here. On a larger scale, A. is generally understood as a decrease in oxidative processes, which was assumed by Liebig and Virchow in general obesity. The phenomena of anoxemia form the basis of mountain sickness (see) and some pathological symptoms in aviators.
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“Anoxemia.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/anoxemia/