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In 1962, British Physician
and Clergyman Henshaw first used compressed air in
an attempt to treat pulmonary disease. His first chamber was called the “Domicilium” Chamber pressure was either raised or lowered
with organ bellows.
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Illness from pressure
change was first recorded in late 1600’s by physicist and chemist, Robert
Boyle.
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The British chemist, Joseph
Priestly studied the “Goodness of Air.” He found that plants produced
this previously undefined gas which animals consumed. (
Oxygen).
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In 1845, French mining
engineer, Triger, described pressure related limb
pain, and paralysis in French caisson laborers.
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By 1878, Paul Bert had
determined the connection between bends and nitrogen bubbles and showed that
pain could be reversed with recompression.
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In 1878, French
Physiologist Paul Bert determined the connection between nitrogen bubbles and
decompression sickness. He made several key gas discoveries, Including
Central Nervous System Oxygen Toxicity from High Pressure.
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In 1879, over 20 surgical procedures were preformed in
a unit operated under French Surgeon Fontaine. Deep
Surgical anesthesia was possible because of its increased effective
percentage accompanied by a higher oxygen partial pressure which rendered it
safer.
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In 1908, Haldane published their work along with three sets of
tables of time and depth schedules. Most dive tables and computers are
currently based on these concepts.
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In 1928, Cunningham built
a 64 foot steel hyperbaric ball with five floors in Cleveland. Later it was scrapped for metal during World War
II.
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In 1934, US Naval Submarine
Officer, Dr. Albert Behnke proposed using oxygen
plus recompression for Decompression Sickness, DCS, which was ignored until
1967.
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Later in the 1930’s, Dr Edgar End noticed that draft horses working for
months in the construction tunnels at pressure died when they were
decompressed.
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In 1955, in Amsterdam Holland, Dutch thoracic surgeon, Dr. Boerma removed
the red blood cells from pigs and found they could survive with oxygen
dissolved in plasma by use of hyperbaric Oxygen. Dr Boerma
had a large operating room-in-a chamber built at the
University of Amsterdam.
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In 1961 Dr. Brummelkamp, University of Amsterdam, Published on the
ability of hyperbaric oxygen to inhibit anaerobes- organisms that live where
there is low or no oxygen, like gangrene.
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