A Biographical Sourcebook of Compressed Air, Diving and Submarine Medicine, Vol. 1, by E C Hoff

A Biographical Sourcebook of Compressed Air, Diving and Submarine Medicine, Vol. 1
Commander Ebbe Curtis Hoff

Hardback with red book cloth cover and gilt lettering in protective cellophane cover. Front endpaper inscribed, ‘M 203.2:M46/v.1’
Very good condition.

Contents include:
History of the medical aspects of submarine, diving and sub aqueous tunneling.
Technical Procedures and research apparatus in compressed air, diving and submarine medicine.
Special anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of compressed air, diving and submarine medicine.
Biology of very high  hydrostatic pressures.
Microbiology, immunology and embryology.
Effects of high pressures on plant growth.
Diseases and accidents in submarine personnel, diers and compressed air workers.
Selection, assessment of efficiency, and training of submarine personnel, divers and compressed air workers.
Protection of personnel.
Therapeutic effects of cases under raised atmospheric pressures and respiration of compressed and rarefied air.
Human factors in design and operation of submarine instruments and controls; submarine illumination.
Medicolegal aspects of compressed air work.

382 pages
No illustrations
205 mm x 265 mm (approx. 8 in x 10.5 in)
1948, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Dept., Washington