A Bibliographical Sourcebook of Compressed Air, Diving and Submarine Medicine. Navmed 1191
Washington, DC: GPO, 1948. Quarto, 382, bibliography, index, library stamp, front board weak, library stickers on fr board & spine, boards scuffed and somewhat soiled. Ink spatters on a few pages. Annotated bibliography of 2945 items. Topics covered include history of the medical aspects of submarines, diving, and subaqueous tunneling; technical procedures and research apparatus in compressed air, diving, and submarine medicine; special anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of compressed air, diving, and submarine medicine; biology of very high hydrostatic pressures; microbiology, immunology, and embryology; effects of high pressures on plant growth; diseases and accidents in submarine personnel, divers, and compressed air workers; selection, assessment of efficiency, and training of submarine personnel, divers, and compressed air workers; therapeutic effects of gases under raised atmospheric pressures and respiration of compressed and rarefied air; human factors in design and operation of submarine instruments and controls; submarine illumination; medicolegal aspects of compressed air work. Condition: fair, ex-lib.
Keywords: Diving, Medical, Submarines, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Submarine Medicine, Human Factors, Microbiology
[Book #16136]
Price: $67.50