Decompression sickness during the sinking of a caisson : a study of some factors in the pathogenesis of caisson disease / by H.E. Lewis and W.D.M. Paton.

  • Lewis, H. E.
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[1957?]
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Credit: Decompression sickness during the sinking of a caisson : a study of some factors in the pathogenesis of caisson disease / by H.E. Lewis and W.D.M. Paton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    working face and the cold decompression chamber. It is recommended: (1) That lock-keepers should be properly trained and given sufficient authority for their task, that a recording barograph should be attached to any chamber in which decompression of men takes place; (2) that the blister lock should be ventilated or “ cleared ” during decompression, and that the men should wait for 10 minutes after climb¬ ing the caisson ladder before entering it so that their carbon dioxide production should have sunk to resting levels. This waiting period will also tend to reduce the effect of exercise in predisposing to bends; (3) if possible, dry clothes should be provided before entering the decompression lock, and the lock should be kept warm during decompression. We wish to thank the contractor’s engineer for his assistance. During this work W. D. M. Paton was a member of the Medical Research Council’s scientific staff at the National Institute for Medical Research. References Cook, S. F. (1951). In Decompression Sickness, p. 223 [National Research Council], Saunders, Philadelphia and London. Harvey, E. N. (1951). Ibid., p. 90. Paton, W. D. M., and Walder, D. N. (1954). Spec. Rep. Ser. med. Res. Coun. (Lond.), No. 281.
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