ROENTGENOLOGIC DEMONSTRATION OF LOCALIZED GAS IN CAISSON DISEASE

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The condition caisson disease, described as compressed air disease and divers' paralysis and commonly spoken of by the laborers as "bends," has been known for a long time. It is generally regarded as being due to a saturation of the tissues with nitrogen gas, followed by too rapid decompression, which allows the escape of bubbles of nitrogen into the tissues and into the blood stream, causing air embolism. The disease was first studied by the French writers Bucquay, Foley and Bert during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Since that time important contributions to the subject have been made by Leyden, Haldane, Hill, Boycott, Smith and others. The disease is encountered chiefly among workers in caissons and tunnels and in divers. It may also occur in very deep mines. The higher the pressure and the shorter the period of decompression, the greater the risk of precipitating an attack. During

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