| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 214 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Altitude, Influence of -- Research -- Colorado -- History.
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Altitude, Influence of. |
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Research. |
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Colorado. |
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History. |
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Mountain sickness -- Research -- Colorado -- History.
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Mountain sickness. |
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Altitude Sickness -- history. |
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Altitude. |
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Altitude Sickness -- veterinary. |
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Atmospheric Pressure. |
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History, 20th Century. |
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Colorado. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Reeves, John T.
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Grover, Robert F., 1924-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Attitudes on altitude. Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2001 0870816454 (DLC) 2001002739 (OCoLC)46959961 |
| ISBN |
0870816918 (electronic book) |
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9780870816918 (electronic book) |
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