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On a side note, thought some of you might find this interesting. A NYT
article on the seeming efficacy of the "Buteyko method" for managing asthma:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/health/03brod.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=asthma&st=cse
Best,
Maria Mortati
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On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 1:28 AM, Ian Russell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We make a nice version of this classical demo which works well as an
> interactive exhibit. We wrestled with the same problem until someone in the
> workshop had a brainwave and tried flimsy plastic bags. They are much
> thinner than ordinary polyethylene bags. They work wonderfully well, require
> far less negative pressure to operate, and look surprisingly realistic.
>
> Perhaps in 'American' you call them 'diaper bags'? In English they are
> 'nappy bags'. Once, we even found some pink ones.
>
> Ian Russell
> www.interactives.co.uk
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> Subject: harder to breathe
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> we've got one of those simple little models of the lungs where you move a
> lever that changes the pressure inside the chamber and the lungs inflate.
> We've been using regular balloons for this, which worked all right but not
> great because they don't inflate at the same rate. Where does one get good
> "lungs"?
>
> thanks all!
> AD
>
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> Boston Children's Museum
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