Still, some of the workers died. They were victims of caisson disease. This condition, also known as the bends or decompression sickness, is caused by the formation of gas bubbles in the body.

Many develop what is known as caisson disease, or the bends, which is an accumulation of nitrogen gas in the body. Sufferers experience dizziness, coughing, and in extreme cases, death.

He developed caisson disease – more commonly known as decompression sickness – and had to resign. Underwater construction is ...

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It shows a caisson or diving-bell, designed by Messrs. Burmeister and Wain, and adopted by them in building the piers of the new bridge in Copenhagen. The principal economy consists in having the ...

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