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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