Attitudes on altitude pioneers of medical research in Colorado's high mountains / edited by John T. Reeves and Robert F. Grover.

Other author Reeves, John T.
Other author Grover, Robert F., 1924-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoulder : University Press of Colorado,
Descriptionxvii, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects
Altitude, Influence of--Research. --Colorado. --History.
Mountain sickness--Research. --Colorado. --History.

Contents Failing hearts at high altitude: "brisket disease" in cattle teaches humans a medical lesson / Robert F. Grover -- A high point in human breathing: John Scott Haldane of Oxford on Pikes Peak / Piers C. Nye & John T. Reeves -- Major breathing in miners: Mabel Purefoy Fitzgerald, an intrepid scientist, visits Colorado's high mines / Robert W, Torrance & John T. Reeves -- An affair of the heart: the Grollmans and cardiac output on Pikes Peak / Arthur P. Grollman & John T. Reeves -- High cycling: Bruce Dill exercises Harvard men at the Leadville fish hatchery / John T. Reeves, David Bruce Dill, Jr., & Robert F. Grover -- Small babies among big mountains: John Lichty solves a Colorado mystery in Leadville / Lorna Grindlay Moore -- Wet lungs at high altitude: an Andean problem is found in the Colorado Rockies / Robert F. Grover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-206) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2001002739
ISBN0870816454 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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