Bibliograph

Extreme medicine, how exploration transformed medicine in the twentieth century, Kevin Fong

Type

Label

Extreme medicine, how exploration transformed medicine in the twentieth century, Kevin Fong

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-285) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Extreme medicine

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

852222087

Responsibility statement

Kevin Fong

Sub title

how exploration transformed medicine in the twentieth century

Summary

An anesthesiologist and NASA adviser explores how pioneering doctors and scientists have built on findings about the body's response to extreme environments and physical challenges to develop such medical innovations as open-heart surgery, skin grafts, and trauma care

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Ice -- Fire -- Heart -- Trauma -- Intensive care -- Water -- Orbit -- Mars -- Final frontiers

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