Show ft IM DION ASILIS PECULIAR TO divena berus wb r rew 11 eli w the PAIS irav the th lii oss uril u ril an w ram of 0 divers rarely ill Is fit 1 reported id in the london lancet the th patient was working with five live or men a a depth ol 01 wt and wen down three time remaining twenty tula minute utts wh each isae be he ta occupied ali alx lx till outto lie cu felt 4 ell after thee these deoc tute but at the fourth descent a bevy booty pe plott of 0 iba WO chinery slipped and am hammod bilu up against an iron beat beaw lie did WM dot 1000 to but tried to 1 the air at bli his disposal after boat five minutes be mt left suffocated bad in tenee lease palo and nota nolta la in his bad and iwu to toa lo 10 1 it bad been noticed on the I 1 eliter abter that the air tuu tube was a not working and 91 another neither j diver went down and by following tbs tb ln reached tb pst lent and freed lne jr tube tubs ao 80 ebat tie to could be brawn rawn up on this occasion occa ilon the 2 arnt occupied only one minute lie he tell felt my try giddy and sick but did not notice anything elf else audias on ort standing he be noticed a feeling of numbness in bla his fet feet and this age r present alio also in bli his arm arms both as a to power and sensation enu ilon oa on adral rion plon to the hospital nice alre aleks reki after ward there waa was marked loss to of at power in ili both lees there was as no marked of the miricle mii icle of the W though they were oft soft and flabby 71 T knee jerka jerks were normal there was wa partial oer the inner side ald of at both leca legs farm three inches above the knees to three inches above aba ankles the aleas aiea ro highly symmetrical there waa was no ton loss of sensation seLsa tion to va pain in the sensations to brat beat and cold were normal the patient who hid bid hail hall three previous lou i acks ck cave gave some in Inter information mation aa its to the dimaul tien fles to chica people engaged in thie this occupation are ore liable he ile aid said that la in bis him experience the par paral alsis comes on only after working at great depths and irema seems to bo be due to the a adden altera 1 tica cf of pressure the disca te Is fro 4 ld itly guv i inure having to L W quickly hauled up owing to the air tube being foul old men bethought hot bought are more liable to these attacks thin youn ier er one ones and the character of the ater water slid iid the duration of the atay stay are not ao to important ai as Is the age of the diver at a ileith of at IM IDO feet there wa was not much inconvenience but every two or three feet lower alkes a difference 1 ben diving at treat great depths depth the men aldays 1 have a sense of fullness in the Y ad buzzing in the ears cars and flashes of limtt before the tbs eyes on coming up there Is often bleeding train the mouth nose and ears the patient also referred to the condition known to the men as a bends that Is wrist drop and foot drop this usually laats lasts from two hours to twenty tour four houra hours when it completely passes off unless it Is an exceptionally bad attak atta k this condition was ascribed by the patient to the bands applied round the ankles and wrist wrists to make the diving ault suit we water ter tight |