Cub Driver wrote:
(One of the ski
patrol tricks with ailing turkeys is to have them breath into a paper
bag, to *cut down* on their oxygen intake.)

ABSOLUTELY WRONG.... hyperventilation is treated by increasing the CO2
content..The paper bag's therapeutic effect is acheived by allowing CO2
to be rebreathed, and hindering its passage from the body. Hypocapnia is
not treated by inducing hypoxia.

Dave