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Thermal Balance in Divers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

J. S. P. Rawlins
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It may be presumed that man began to dive almost as soon as he learned to swim, and to harvest corals, sponges and pearls from the seabed. These early divers employed the same breath-holding technique that is practised today by Indian and Arab pearl-divers, and by the diving Ama of Japan.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 73: Challenger Expedition Centenary Proceedings 2 , 1972 , pp. 123 - 131
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1972

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