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both lungs, but it did show at least that lling the human lung with
a saline solution will not seriously damage the tissues or produce
‘
unacceptablydisagreeable sensations; if it is done properly.’ » 3
The prospects of breathing liquids for deep diving have been
followed closely by Captain Bond, Director of the US. N avy’s Man
_
in “the Sea programme (which includes the Sealæb series of experi—
…
ments). At the sèventeenth Annual Conference of the American
Association of Medical Clinics in 1966, he explained how a hole
could be cut in the windpipe—a tracheotomy—and the lungs lled
witha special solution into which highly compressed oxygen has
been injected. After lling other body cavities, a diver treated in
this
able to descend to 12,000 feet and perform two
hours of useful work there. The lung—s would absorb the oxygen
While the carbon dioxide would be converted into a harmless
bicarbonate. After carrying out his deep—sea task, the diver Would
.
return to the surface without deœmpression. Later that year, during
a conference at Brighton in England, Captain Bond— elaborated
further on the process by suggesting that even longer stays would be
_
possible if a pump supplied the solution WhiCh'would be kept
chargedwith the appropriate" level of
controlling the rate “of"ïpumping, the oxygen
"
supplied could be
êf_:
_,
…
_
_;
tAnd what will life
new…>underwater man? *Con—
timing in his prophetic“ vein1a‘t
—.conference; Cousteau
‘
—
suggested that
'
«1,500 metres for îz;ooot metres and move
Âmechani“ca”llÿ
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pressure of 30 atmosphères to n0rmal
three wsecOnds
t‘intÔWard effects) æiŒhis >new
in,—thé .deep::scäa;he;
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_
hospitals xr:lled«wirh
there Will
,:water cities :and perhaps mew mations:
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both lungs, but it did show at least that lling the human lung with
a saline solution will not seriously damage the tissues or produce
‘
unacceptablydisagreeable sensations; if it is done properly.’ » 3
The prospects of breathing liquids for deep diving have been
followed closely by Captain Bond, Director of the US. N avy’s Man
_
in “the Sea programme (which includes the Sealæb series of experi—
…
ments). At the sèventeenth Annual Conference of the American
Association of Medical Clinics in 1966, he explained how a hole
could be cut in the windpipe—a tracheotomy—and the lungs lled
witha special solution into which highly compressed oxygen has
been injected. After lling other body cavities, a diver treated in
this
able to descend to 12,000 feet and perform two
hours of useful work there. The lung—s would absorb the oxygen
While the carbon dioxide would be converted into a harmless
bicarbonate. After carrying out his deep—sea task, the diver Would
.
return to the surface without deœmpression. Later that year, during
a conference at Brighton in England, Captain Bond— elaborated
further on the process by suggesting that even longer stays would be
_
possible if a pump supplied the solution WhiCh'would be kept
chargedwith the appropriate" level of
controlling the rate “of"ïpumping, the oxygen
"
supplied could be
êf_:
_,
…
_
_;
tAnd what will life
new…>underwater man? *Con—
timing in his prophetic“ vein1a‘t
—.conference; Cousteau
‘
—
suggested that
'
«1,500 metres for îz;ooot metres and move
Âmechani“ca”llÿ
Kylstr—aîs
mouse ;haS
pressure of 30 atmosphères to n0rmal
three wsecOnds
t‘intÔWard effects) æiŒhis >new
in,—thé .deep::scäa;he;
his
_
hospitals xr:lled«wirh
there Will
,:water cities :and perhaps mew mations:
if*Homo
ereverç‘comes into being; we will“Withess the'ästart Îof
:fattitude tothesea
'fïtÉh‘e: cetsegof‘ this Il)QOlÇÿÏ}&
«completely. new approach toi
£thÇ… 0beanî resources.
Ο a
…
Îzderwatgræhzdg3
…
c:..ÿŸPenetration of the
Ïneed invôlve
sacricÏç:mOr
surgery—; their
‘