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To: techdiver@opal.com
From: jolieb@gr*.ci*.up*.ed* (Jolie Bookspan)
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 94 11:47:27 EDT
Subject: MEDICINE & PHYSIOLOGY of DIVING
                   MEDICINE & PHYSIOLOGY of DIVING 
                (in plain English - everyone welcome)

                     Saturday 15 October 1994   
                           8:30-4:30 pm

At the Dive Philadelphia scuba show (14-16 Oct 1994). Valley Forge 
Hilton King of Prussia, PA.             

The symposium features top experts and will benefit the Undersea 
Hyperbaric Medical Society.


REGISTRATION  8:30-9:00 am 

 * A New Complete Medical Center for Divers -  Dr. Owen O'Neill, 
   Beneath The Sea Hyperbaric Medical Center. 9-9:30 

 * Should Asthmatics Not Scuba Dive?- Dr. Lawrence Martin - Asthma 
   specialist, Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, Mt. Sinai Cleveland.  9:30-
   10

 * Oxygen Toxicity - Dr. Jim Clark - UPenn Inst. of Environmental 
   Medicine.  10-10:30

 BREAK  10:30-10:45

 * Neurologic Effects of Deep Diving - Dr. Maurice Cross - DDRC, 
   England. 10:45 -11:45

 LUNCH  12-1 

 * Fitness to Dive with heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, and other 
   maladies - Dr. Fred Bove - Chief of Cardiology, Temple Hospital 
   School of Medicine. 1-2

 * Thermoregulation in Cold Water - Dr. Thomas Doubt - formerly 
   with the Navy Medical Research Institute. 2-2:30

 * Deep Commercial Diving: The Gases, The Equipment, The Problems, 
   The Accomplishments. - Mr. Andre Galerne - International 
   Underwater Contractors. NY 2:30-3

 * Liquid Breathing - The Reality Behind The Abyss - Dr. Tom Shaffer 
   Temple School of Medicine, Dept of Physiology.  3-4

 JOINT PANEL 4-4:30

                     Others to be announced


For directions to the hotel, and for room reservations at the special 
rate of $65 per room per night, call the Hilton at (800) 879-8372 or
(610) 337-2224 and mention Dive Philadelphia.

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                     Registration
             Medicine & Physiology of Diving
                  Benefit for the UHMS

Name _______________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________
City __________________________ State _________ Country ______
Phone (day) _______________________   (evening) ______________

diver _______    physician ________    dive instructor _______  

$75 before 1 October 1994,  $85 at the door    ________
Tax deductable donation to the UHMS            ________
                               Total           ________

Please make check payable to: Beneath the Sea, and mail to:
Beneath the Sea. PO Box 644. Rye, NY 10580 USA

___ yes, I want to also attend Dive Philadelphia $8/day  (total _____)

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The symposium, Medicine & Physiology of Diving, will be held 
Saturday 15 October, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, in conjunction with Dive 
Philadelphia, annual consumer scuba show. 

Dive Philadelphia - Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 14-16 October 
1994, at the Valley Forge Hilton, featuring speakers, workshops, 
socials, prizes, and exhibits. Only $8 at the door. Children under 12 
free. Preregister for free admit to the Cayman Party.

Prizes include a trip on the live-aboard Cayman Aggressor.

Free Discover Nitrox lessons - in the pool.

For more information contact Beneath the Sea (914) 793-4469
phone/fax.

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