The Dangerous Sky A history of aviation medicine
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: G.T. Foulis & Company, 1973. Large octavo, hardcover, xxiv, 292 pp., plates. A fine copy in a mildly rubbed dust-jacket. Written for the layman interested in aviation history, Dr. Robinson traces the development of flight from the balloon in 1783 to the modern supersonic jet aircraft, and relates how medical men first investigated the hazards to which flying subjected the human organism, and how these were overcome. Item #1083
ISBN: 0854291385
Price (AUD): $100.00
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