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To: Techdiver <techdiver@opal.com>
Subject: Re: Liquid breathing
From: Mark Pansing <markp@br*.co*.co*>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 20:18:52 -0500 (EST)
I have often heard that liquid breathing was not viable do to the fact 
that the muscles responsible for breathing could not handle the density.

I also recall that the test subject, I believe they used only one lung 
for the test, came down with pneumonia. However, I cannot verify this.
Mark Pansing
markp@br*.co*.co* (primary)
mpansing@fr*.co*.oh*.us*


> 
> More interesting tid-bits - apparently folks have tried the liquid 
> breathing thing back quite a ways - even with saline solutions.  
> The bottom line, the entire thing is real viable, and folks 
> apparently can live for extended periods of time on the stuff.  
> 

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