High life : a history of high-altitude physiology and medicine / John B. West
1998, First Edition. New York ; Oxford : Published for the American Physiological Society by Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #242023
ISBN: 0195121945
Provenance; from the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute with its presentation bookplate, being presented by the Birmingham Hospirtal Saturday Fund. Series; People and idea series. American Physiological Society people and ideas. Physical description; xv, 493 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographic references and index. Subjects; World War II, (1939-1945). Altitude. Altitude Sickness — history. Altitude, Influence of. Mountain sickness. Altitude, Influence of — History. Mountain sickness — History. Altitude Sickness — history. Atmospheric Pressure. Altitude Sickness. Anoxia. High Altitude Medicine. Physiology. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.
Price: €425.00