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Decompression sickness (DCS; also
called divers'
disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and
caisson disease) is a
medical condition caused by
dissolved gases...
- deep. The four main
types of
caisson are box
caisson, open
caisson,
pneumatic caisson and
monolithic caisson. A box
caisson is a
prefabricated concrete...
- Look up
Caisson or
caisson in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Caisson (French for "box") may
refer to:
Caisson (engineering), a
sealed underwater structure...
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infilled the
caisson with
concrete in July 1872.
Washington Roebling himself suffered a
paralyzing injury as a
result of
caisson disease shortly after...
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Bridge after her
husband Washington Roebling developed caisson disease (a.k.a.
decompression disease) and
became bedridden. She
served as a
liaison and supervisor...
- to the surface, a
syndrome called caisson disease or
decompression sickness. Many
workers were
killed by the
disease on
projects such as the
Brooklyn Bridge...
- ****ociated with cancer, lupus,
sickle cell
disease, HIV infection, Gaucher's
disease, and
Caisson disease (dysbaric osteonecrosis).
Bisphosphonates are...
- ever "in absentia."
Roebling would battle the after-effects from the
caisson disease and its
treatment the rest of his life.
Following the
Brooklyn project...
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other body
tissues can lead to
decompression sickness, also
known as
caisson disease or "the bends".
Since altitude decompression is a form of decompression...
- of
mines and
caissons to
exclude water ingress,
miners were
observed to
present symptoms of what
would become known as
caisson disease,
compressed air...