Is the respiratory process really that important?
I mean, no one even knew what oxygen was prior to 1774.
“Is the respiratory process really that important?”
Try this, stop breathing for 15 to 20 minutes, then get back to me with the results.
“I mean, no one even knew what oxygen was prior to 1774.”
In the 16th century Robert Boyle proved that there was a component of air consumed by combustion and respiration.
In the 1770’s they were able to produce a gas that supported combustion.
Not until the 1800’s did they determine what oxygen was.