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 Voskhod 2 Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Recent accounts say that he violated procedure by entering the airlock head first, then got stuck sideways when he turned to close the outer hatch.
This forced him to flirt with dysbarism (the “bends”) by lowering his suit pressure so he could bend enough to free himself.
Leonov recently revealed that he had a suicide pill he could have swallowed if he had been unable to ingress Voskhod 2 and Belyayev had been forced to leave him in orbit.
www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/Voskhod_2   (1233 words)

  
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Decompression sickness, (DCS), diver's disease, the bends, or caisson disease is the name given to a variety of symptoms suffered by a person exposed to a reduction in the pressure surrounding their body.
It is a type of diving hazard and dysbarism.
Even when the change in pressure causes no immediate symptoms, rapid pressure change can cause permanent bone injury called dysbaric osteonecrosis (DON) "bone cell death from bad pressure".
encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Decompression_sickness   (3422 words)

  
 Guide to the Albert R. Behnke, Jr. collection, 1919 - 1990   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Prevention of Dysbaric Osteonecrosis in Compressed-Air Work, 1978
The Ear and Hearing in Aquatic and Dysbaric Environments, undated
The Ear and Hearing in Aquatic and Dysbaric Environments, 1973
archives.mc.duke.edu /uhmsbehnke_html   (9114 words)

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