Breathing on the Roof of the World (eBook)
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Springer New York (Verlag)
978-1-4939-7122-0 (ISBN)
This book is an informal autobiography by John West MD PhD. He obtained his medical degree in Adelaide, Australia and then spent 15 years mainly at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital in London where he, with others, used radioactive oxygen-15 to make the first description of the uneven regional distribution of blood flow in the lung.
In 1960-1961, he was a member of the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary who had made the first ascent of Mt Everest 7 years before. During the expedition about 6 scientists spent up to three months at an altitude of 5800 m studying the effects of this very high altitude on human physiology.
Because of his interests in the effects of gravity on the lung, Dr. West spent a year at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California in 1967-1968. While there he submitted a proposal to NASA to measure pulmonary function of astronauts in space, and this was funded. Later, in 1981 he organized the American Medical Research Expedition to Everest during which the first measurements of human physiology on the summit, altitude 8848 m, were obtained. In the 1990's, Dr. West's team made the first comprehensive measurements of pulmonary function of astronauts in space using SpaceLab which was taken up in the Shuttle.
Dr. West's research interests are broad with an emphasis on the physiology of pulmonary gas exchange. He has also worked on the bird lung, pulmonary bleeding in racehorses, and the effects of snorkeling in elephants. His honors include membership of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he has received honorary doctorates from universities in Athens, Barcelona and Ferrara.
This book is an informal autobiography by John West MD PhD. He obtained his medical degree in Adelaide, Australia and then spent 15 years mainly at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital in London where he, with others, used radioactive oxygen-15 to make the first description of the uneven regional distribution of blood flow in the lung. In 1960-1961, he was a member of the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary who had made the first ascent of Mt Everest 7 years before. During the expedition about 6 scientists spent up to three months at an altitude of 5800 m studying the effects of this very high altitude on human physiology. Because of his interests in the effects of gravity on the lung, Dr. West spent a year at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California in 1967-1968. While there he submitted a proposal to NASA to measure pulmonary function of astronauts in space, and thiswas funded. Later, in 1981 he organized the American Medical Research Expedition to Everest during which the first measurements of human physiology on the summit, altitude 8848 m, were obtained. In the 1990 s, Dr. West s team made the first comprehensive measurements of pulmonary function of astronauts in space using SpaceLab which was taken up in the Shuttle.
Dr. West's research interests are broad with an emphasis on the physiology of pulmonary gas exchange. He has also worked on the bird lung, pulmonary bleeding in racehorses, and the effects of snorkeling in elephants. His honors include membership of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he has received honorary doctorates from universities in Athens, Barcelona and Ferrara.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Early Days, 1928-1945
Chapter 2 Adelaide University and Medical Residency, 1946-1953
Chapter 3 London early days, 1953-1956
Chapter 4 Postgraduate Medical School, 1956-1960
Chapter 5 Silver Hut Expedition, 1960-1961
Chapter 6 University of Buffalo and the Postgraduate Medical School, 1961-1967
Chapter 7 Palo Alto and the NASA Ames Research Center, 1967-1969
Chapter 8 University of California, San Diego, 1969-1981
Chapter 9 American Medical Research Expedition to Everest, 1981
Chapter 10 University of California San Diego, 1982-present
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.6.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Springer Biographies | Springer Biographies |
| Zusatzinfo | VIII, 156 p. 67 illus., 37 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
| Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie | |
| Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| Schlagworte | Comparative physiology • high altitude physiology • Memoir of John West • Pulmonary gas exchange • Respiration at high altitude • Respiration in space • Respiratory physiology • Space physiology |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4939-7122-0 / 1493971220 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4939-7122-0 / 9781493971220 |
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