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>>Anyone out there know of any cases of Tourette's Syndrome 
>>amongst the Technical Diving community, especially where the 
>>condition did not exist prior to hyperbaric exposures?
>>
>The recent flame war seems to indicate this is an area worth investigating.

For those of you without access to medical dictionaries, Tourette's
syndrome is a brain disorder characterised by facial and body tics (sudden
jerks), spitting, and repeated expletives (known as coprolalia).

I think I concur with David's diagnosis. Do you think there's a paper in it?



Dr Andrew Pitkin
apitkin@ci*.co*.co*.uk*

"There's always slack somewhere" (Houdini)

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