caisson disease
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These effects give rise to what is known as compressed air illness or caisson disease.
From Time Magazine Archive
Exposure to such pressures is apt to be followed by disagreeable and even dangerous physiological effects, which are commonly referred to as caisson disease or compressed air illness.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
As most physicians are aware, the caisson disease is an affection of the spinal cord, due to a sudden transition from a relatively high atmospheric pressure to one much lower.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various
The caisson disease is popularly called "the bends" a kind of paralysis which is more or less baffling to medical science.
From Marvels of Modern Science by Paul Severing
The chief danger of caisson work is the "bends," or "caisson disease."
From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Wallace Morgan
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