Classic study of survival at high altitude.
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Excellent book on the effects of altitude,
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This review is from: Going Higher: Oxygen Man and Mountains (Paperback)
This is a revised and expanded version of "Going Higher". The author has added additional text and illustrations. It is now even better than previous editions. Like Dr. Houston, I carry my altimeter with me on airplane flights. His observations match mine. Little do most passengers realize that the atmospheric pressure in the cabin may be the equivalent of the atmosphere at 7000 to 9000 feet. Dr. Houston has written an excellent book on the effects of altitude on people. He reviews the history of mountain exploration, explains the physiological effects of the reduction of atmospheric pressure, and presents a practical guide for acclimitization to altitude. Whether you are going to ski in the Rockies or climb in the Himilayas, this is a useful and entertaining book. I also recommend "Altitude Illness" by Bezruchka
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The Index alone is worth twice the book's low price,
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This review is from: Going Higher: Oxygen Man and Mountains (Paperback)
Probably the most elegant writer I've read who is a medical doctor, mountaineer, and renowned physiologist. Dr. Houston knows what it actually means to climb high mountains where the air is thin, oxygen molecules are few and far between, and the environment sometimes too difficult to imagine. This is where a great writer comes into his/her own. If you're considering "going higher" don't leave home without Houston!
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Some useful stuff. Back to basics and history.,
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As someone with a general scientific background, I found this book high on padding and relatively low on the content I wanted and was expecting - the author spends much time on the history of the subject and on the basic properties of air, leaving little space for details on the physiology and medical side of the subject. I have no medical education or qualifications, though I still found much of the actual medical text in the book over simplified and lacking in detail.
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IN MAY 1996 THE TRAGEDY UNFOLDING HIGH ON MOUNT EVEREST WAS watched on television with shocked fascination by millions of people around the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
brisket disease, high altitude retinal hemorrhages, oxygen cascade, oxygen secretion, altitude tolerance, macular hemorrhage, mountain sickness, altitude physiology, altitude residents, hypoxic ventilatory response, high altitude natives, high altitude pulmonary edema, altitude illness, struggle responses, high altitude cerebral edema, altitude medicine, pulmonary artery pressure, supplementary oxygen, periodic breathing, moderate altitude, blue bloaters, oxygen lack, cabin altitude, mountain medicine, decompression chamber Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Operation Everest, Royal Society, Paul Bert, Mount Everest, Pikes Peak, United States, Mount Logan, Joseph Barcroft, Mont Blanc, Angelo Mosso, Chronic Mountain Sickness, Gaspar Berti, Hypoxia Symposium, Mexico City, Monte Rosa, Pic Lenin, Robert Boyle, Subacute Infantile Mountain Sickness, William Harvey, World War, East Germany, Florin Perier, Nanga Parbat, Alexander Kellas, Giovanni Baliani New!
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IN MAY 1996 THE TRAGEDY UNFOLDING HIGH ON MOUNT EVEREST WAS watched on television with shocked fascination by millions of people around the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
brisket disease, high altitude retinal hemorrhages, oxygen cascade, oxygen secretion, altitude tolerance, macular hemorrhage, mountain sickness, altitude physiology, altitude residents, hypoxic ventilatory response, high altitude natives, high altitude pulmonary edema, altitude illness, struggle responses, high altitude cerebral edema, altitude medicine, pulmonary artery pressure, supplementary oxygen, periodic breathing, moderate altitude, blue bloaters, oxygen lack, cabin altitude, mountain medicine, decompression chamber Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Operation Everest, Royal Society, Paul Bert, Mount Everest, Pikes Peak, United States, Mount Logan, Joseph Barcroft, Mont Blanc, Angelo Mosso, Chronic Mountain Sickness, Gaspar Berti, Hypoxia Symposium, Mexico City, Monte Rosa, Pic Lenin, Robert Boyle, Subacute Infantile Mountain Sickness, William Harvey, World War, East Germany, Florin Perier, Nanga Parbat, Alexander Kellas, Giovanni Baliani New!
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- Going Higher: The Story of Man and Altitude by Charles S. Houston on 6 pages
- High Altitude Physiology (Benchmark papers in human physiology) by J. B. West on 4 pages
- The History of the Barometer by W. E. Knowles Middleton on page 18, and Back Matter
- High Altitude Medicine by Herb Hultgren M.D. on page 227, and Back Matter
- Hypoxia and Mountain Medicine by Alta.) International Hypoxia Symposium 1991 (Lake Louise in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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