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3 entries match United States [Z01.058] · Physiology & Embryology [G07 / G02.149] · Chemistry & Biochemistry [K01.900.200]

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1871 CE

#10483

Physical effects of compressed air, and of the causes of pathological symptoms produced on man, by increased atmospheric pressure employed for the sinking of piers, in the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.

JAMINET, Alphonse

Study of caisson disease and its treatement resulting from experience in treating workmen constructing the Eads Bridge, which opened in 1874. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1913 CE

#957

Physiological observations made on Pike’s Peak, Colorado, with special reference to adaptation to low barometric pressures.

DOUGLAS, Claude Gordon (1882 – 1963)
HENDERSON, Yandell (1873 – 1944)
HENDERSON, Yandell (1873 – 1944) HALDANE, John Burdon Sanderson (1892 – 1964) SCHNEIDER, E. C. (1874 – 1854)

1873 CE

#10482

The effects of high atmospheric pressure, including the caisson disease.

SMITH, Andrew Heermance (1837 – 1910)

Classic study of caisson disease. Smith was "Late Surgeon to the New York Bridge Co. (Caisson Work)", treating workmen who built the Brooklyn Bridge. The Eads Bridge (St. Louis) and the Brooklyn Bridge (New York City)…