High Life : a History of High-Altitude Physiology and Medicine /
The history of high-altitude physiology and medicine is such a rich and colorful topic that it is surprising no one has undertaken a comprehensive account before. From the early balloonists to various high-altitude expeditions, culminating in the great feat of climbing Mount Everest without suppleme...
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
1998.
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Table of Contents:
- From Classical Greece to the End of the Seventeenth Century
- Eighteenth Century to Paul Bert
- Early High-Altitude Stations and Field Studies
- Oxygen Transfer by Lung and Blood, and the Controversy on Oxygen Secretion
- History of High-Altitude Diseases
- Early Expeditions to Mt. Everest
- Permanent Residents of High Altitude
- World War II
- First Ascents of Mt. Everest
- Studies in the 1960s and 1970s
- Studies at Extreme Altitude
- Other Recent High-Altitude Studies.