Nose Physiology in High Altitude

Lessons from high-altitude physiology

High Altitude Physiology: Cardiac and Respiratory Aspects

Hazel Heckman is absorbed by the identification and general splendor of all living things. She has filled her most recent book with delightful descriptions of life as it is represented in its varied forms on Anderson Island in Puget Sound. Although her attention to wildflowers, weeds, trees, insects, birds, and animals seems a bit excessive, one is easily swept away by her enthusiasm for all of...

Joseph Barcroft's studies of high-altitude physiology.

Joseph Barcroft (1872-1947) was an eminent British physiologist who made contributions to many areas. Some of his studies at high altitude and related topics are reviewed here. In a remarkable experiment he spent 6 days in a small sealed room while the oxygen concentration of the air gradually fell, simulating an ascent to an altitude of nearly 5,500 m. The study was prompted by earlier reports...

Patho Physiology of High Altitude Illnesses

human beings tempting them to come, explore and conquer them. The magnitude of these explorations was limited but still one comes across many writings and its extent especially in Alps and Andes. In 20th Century with opening of these areas for economic activities, tourism and as battle ground in Indo-China war and Indi-Pak war at Siachin, the real extent of manifestations were noticed. Air trav...

High Life: A History of High-Altitude Physiology and Medicine

This book is the result of an attempt to understand and explain the reaction of women to the pain of childbirth. The author achieves his goal wonderfully! The early history or obstetric anesthesia is explained in marvelous detail, with Simpson, Snow, Meigs, Channing, Queen Victoria, etc. It was the Queen who said "What a blessing she had chloroform," referring to her daughter Victoria's first o...