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At 2:08 PM 2/11/95, David Story wrote: >Scott Cherf writes: >> >> Folks - >> >> I'm looking for some help finding information on a vaguely remembered topic >> from the 1960's. I recall some discussion of gas diffusing membranes that >> could be used to pass oxygen from water to air. Science Fiction editorials >> predicted the use of these membranes as 'artificial gills', which was bunk >> because the diffusion rate was too slow to support anything larger than a >> lab rat. > >I suggest you look into The Physiology and Medicine of Diving, 3rd or >4th edition. The 3rd edition contains a chapter on artificial gills >et al. I don't yet have the 4th Edition in hand, and so can't specify >whether that chapter has merely been rewritten or has been removed. Hm. So I ordered The P&M of Diving, 4th ed. from DAN, and it showed up yesterday. I can't find any index references, chapters etc. that mention O2 membrane diffusion or gills. Could you be thinking of another book, or should I send it back and insist on the 3rd edition? Thanks, Scott.
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