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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...
- In
geotechnical engineering, a
caisson (/ˈkeɪsən, -sɒn/;
borrowed from
French caisson 'box', from
Italian c****one 'large box', an
augmentative of c****a)...
- 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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Bridge after her
husband Washington Roebling developed caisson disease (a.k.a.
decompression disease) and
became bedridden. She
served as a
liaison and supervisor...
-
infilled the
caisson with
concrete in July 1872.
Washington Roebling himself suffered a
paralyzing injury as a
result of
caisson disease shortly after...
- ****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...
- 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...
-
using pneumatic caissons, a
pioneering application of
caisson technology in the
United States and, at the time, by far the
largest caissons ever built. Its...
- City, and
later other cities.
Generally these projects involve tunneling,
caisson excavation, road building, or some
other type of
underground construction...
