Alphonse Jaminet on caisson disease: 1871—a commentary

Caisson disease during the construction of the Eads and Brooklyn Bridges: A review.

The Eads Bridge (St. Louis) and the Brooklyn Bridge (New York City) were testing grounds for caisson construction. These caissons were enormous compressed air boxes used to build riverine piers and abutments anchoring the bridges. Caisson meant faster and cheaper construction, but there was a hidden cost---caisson disease (decompression sickness). Within caissons, workers labored at pressures a...

Munchausen's syndrome simulating caisson disease.

Aseptic necrosis of bone in caisson disease.

Caisson disease, or decompression sickness, is encountered when a raised atmospheric pressure on the body is reduced too rapidly and excess gases which have been held in solution in the blood and tissue fluids are set free as their solubility decreases. Typically the condition is manifested by tingling and paraesthesia, itching of the skin, and by bone and joint pains. The symptoms vary within ...

Caisson disease in Thailand: Death rate

Caisson disease is an important condition that can be seen in diver. It is an important form of decompression illness that requires proper therapeutic management[1,2]. The problem can be sporadically seen in any coastal country. In Thailand, as a country with a long coastal line of more than one thousand kilometers, this problem can be seen. According to the recent report, this condition is an ...

Commentary on iatrogenic disease.

T he defin itio n o f ia tro gen ic d isease su p p lie d b y O. H . P e rry P e p p e r m akes u se o f th e G reek ia tros (physician) an d genesis, s ig n ify ing o rig in .31 In itia lly re ­ ferring to a d isease in d u c e d by a p h y si­ cian, th e te rm is freq u en tly u se d in re la­ tio n to im ag in ed a ilm en ts .45 E v e n th e m ost co n sc ien tio u s p h ysic ian adm in is­ ...