Dive chambers heal wounds

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Pressure isn?t always a bad thing.

Used since the 1930s to help divers recover from the effects of undersea pressure, hyperbaric “decompression” chambers were found to aid wound healing in the 1950s during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, said Dr. Daniel John, director of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Unit at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

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