Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!tower From: tower@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Hiccup Inducing Procedure Sought - (nf) Message-ID: <141@inmet.UUCP> Date: Thu, 30-Jun-83 05:44:21 EDT Article-I.D.: inmet.141 Posted: Thu Jun 30 05:44:21 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jul-83 14:05:34 EDT Lines: 11 #R:uvacs:-78800:inmet:6400014:000:317 inmet!tower Jun 29 12:29:00 1983 I read a long-time ago that hiccups were caused by a deficiency of Carbon Dioxide in the blood. This would seem to indicate that breathing pure oxygen (or probably a 80/20 Nitrogen Oxygen mix) would do it as long as the exhausted breath was kept separate from the supply. -len tower harpo!inmet!tower Cambridge, MA