Essays on the History of Respiratory Physiology
This book consists of 23 essays about prominent people and events in the history of respiratory physiology. It provides a first-hand chronicle of the advancements made in respiratory physiology starting with Galen and the beginnings of Western physiology. The volume covers many aspects of the evolut...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2015, 2015
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015 |
| Series: | Perspectives in Physiology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Galen and the beginnings of Western physiology
- Ibn al-Nafis, the pulmonary circulation, and the Islamic Golden Age
- Torricelli and the ocean of air: the first measurement of barometric pressure
- Robert Boyle’s landmark book of 1660 with the first experiments on rarified air
- The original presentation of Boyle's Law
- Robert Hooke: Early respiratory physiologist, polymath, and mechanical genius
- Marcello Malpighi and the discovery of the pulmonary capillaries and alveoli
- Stephen Hales: neglected respiratory physiologist
- Joseph Black, carbon dioxide, latent heat, and the beginnings of the discovery of the respiratory gases
- Carl Wilhelm Scheele, the discoverer of oxygen, and a very productive chemist
- Joseph Priestley, oxygen, and the Enlightenment
- The collaboration of Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier and the first measurements of human oxygen consumption
- Henry Cavendish, hydrogen, water, and the weight of the earth
- Humphry Davy, nitrous oxide, the Pneumatic Institution, and the Royal Institution
- Denis Jourdanet (1815-1892) and the early recognition of the role of hypoxia at high altitude
- Centenary of the Anglo-American High Altitude Expedition to Pikes Peak
- Alexander M. Kellas and the physiological challenge of Mount Everest
- Ravenhill and his contributions to mountain sickness
- George I. Finch and his pioneering use of oxygen for climbing at extreme altitudes
- Joseph Barcroft's studies of high altitude physiology
- The physiological legacy of the Fenn, Rahn and Otis school
- The physiological challenges of the 1952 Copenhagen poliomyelitis epidemic and a renaissance in clinical respiratory physiology
- Historical aspects of the early Soviet/Russian manned space program.