The medical problems of flying : including reports nos. I-VII / of the Air Medical Investigation Committee.
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- 1920
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London : H.M.S.O., 1920.
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272 pages ; 25 cm.
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At head of title: Privy Council. Medical Research Council.
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Contents: Contents.--1. Report on the medical aspects of high flying, by J. L. Birley.--2. A simple procedure for testing the effect of 'oxygen want' on flying men, by Professor G. Dreyer.--3. The bag method for the investigation of air disabilities of aviators, by Lieut-Col. Martin Flack.--4. A study of the reaction of pilots and observers to diminished oxygen-pressure, by the late C. D. H. Corbett and H. C. Bazett.--5. A report on the value of oxygen to aviators at relatively low altitudes, by Lieut-Col. Martin Flack and Lieut-Col. C. B. Heald.--6. The selection of candidates for flying, by Lieut-Col. Martin Flack and Lieut-Col. A. P. Bowdler.--7. Tests for flying efficiency and flying strain / by Lieut-Col. Martin Flack.--8. Temperament and service flying strain / by J. L. Birley.--9. Respiratory tests for ability to stand high altitudes / by H. C. Bazett.--10. Observations on the respiration of airmen / by Grace Briscoe.--11. The sense of stability and balance in the air, by Henry Head.--12. Mental aptitude for aviation / by W. H. R. Rivers and Squadron-leader T. E. Rippon, in collaboration with the late Lieut. E. G. Manuel.--13. "Reaction time" tests carried out on flight cadets, with description of apparatus / by the late L. E. Stamm
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