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Title:
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Extreme medicine : how exploration transformed medicine in the twentieth century /
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Authors:
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Kevin Fong, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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New York : Penguin Press, 2014
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-1-59420-470-8
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Format:
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294 p. / ill. / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Winner of the 2015 AAAS/SUBARU SB&F prize for excellence in science books./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-285) and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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RC86.7
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Subjects:
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Aerospace medicine
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Extreme environments--Health aspects
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Physiological aspects
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Space flight--Physiological effect
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Description:
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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
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Contents note:
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Introduction -- Ice -- Fire -- Heart -- Trauma -- Intensive care -- Water -- Orbit -- Mars -- Final frontiers
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Format :
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In print
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