Abstract The eighteenth part of the series of articles is devoted to the history of artificial lung ventilation. The contributions of the following physicians are briefly described: Hippocrates, Claudius Galenus, Paracelsus, Andreas Vesalius, Robert Hooke, Jacob Winsløw, William Tossach, John Fothergill, Richard Mead, John Wilkinson, William Cullen, John Hunter, Charles Kite, Henry Silvester, Joseph O'Dwyer, George Fell, and others. The 1st part of the series of articles is published in DSJ No. 73, the 2nd part in DSJ No. 76, the 3rd part in DSJ No. 77, the 4th part in DSJ No. 78, the 5th part in DSJ No. 79, the 6th part in DSJ No. 80, the 7th part in DSJ No. 82, the 8th part in DSJ No. 87, the 9th part in DSJ No. 88, the 10th part in DSJ No. 89, the 11th part in DSJ No. 93, the 12th part in DSJ No. 94, the 13th part is in DSJ No. 95, the 14th part is in DSJ No. 96, the 15th part is in DSJ No 97, the 16th part is in DSJ No 98, the 17th part is in DSJ No 99. To be continued.