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AS mentioned in a note in NATURE of July 8 (p. 515), M. R. Arnoux has found that a momentary diminution of at least 350 mm. of mercury in barometric pressure may be produced within three metres of a bursting high-explosive shell; and he suggests that the sudden diminution of pressure may cause death by the liberation of gas-bubbles in the blood, and consequent blocking of the circulation.
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HALDANE, J. Death from Static Changes in Atmospheric Pressure . Nature 96, 173–174 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096173d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/096173d0