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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 14:22:12 -0400
From: "George M. Irvine III" <gmirvine@sa*.ne*>
Organization: Woodville Karst Plain Project
To: Ben Greenhouse <b.greenhouse@ut*.ca*>
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: TRIMIX was Re: trimix

Ben Greenhouse wrote:
> 
>     A paper I've read from 1983 (sort of outdated?) suggested that adding a
low
> percentage of nitrogen to heliox mixtures reduces symptoms of HPNS.  In this
case
>

  Ben, I have no experience with this, but I read the same thing you
did, and that anesthetic is also used, which acts the same as nitrogen
under higher partial pressures, as in deep air diving, which would
explain a lot. - G
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