GRAVITATIONAL STRESS IN AEROSPACE MEDICINE by Gauer, O. H., and G. D. Zuidema reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

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GRAVITATIONAL STRESS IN AEROSPACE MEDICINE

by Gauer, O. H., and G. D. Zuidema

Boston, 1961: Little, Brown and Co., 278 pages, $13.50

Subjects include the physiology of acceleration; historical aspects of gravitational stress; arterial blood pressure responses to positive acceleration in animals; blood volume and gravitational stress; effect of acceleration on the heart and on respiration; visual performance under gravitational stress; the physiology of positive, negative and combined acceleration; human tolerance to severe, abrupt acceleration; subgravity and weightlessness; some physiological considerations of space flight; and protective devices against acceleration.


Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III

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