1784 LEULIER DUCHÉ, Louis
Tentamen medicum de aerostatum usu medicinae applicando…
The first work on aviation medicine, a pamphlet of 18pp. issued as a thesis for the medical degree, published one year after the first balloon ascent by Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier in 1783. Leulier Duché speculated on…
GMN 2137.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2685
1786 JEFFRIES, John (1744 – 1819)
A narrative of the two aerial voyages of Dr. Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard; with meteorological observations and remarks.
The first flight by a physician, the first crossing of the English channel by balloon, and the first international flight. Jeffries, an American, made a series of carefully planned scientific observations, emphasizing…
GMN 2137.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2687
1907 SOUBIES, Jacques
Physiologie de l'aéronaute: Travail du laboratoire de la clinique médicale de l'Hôtel-Dieu. M. le Professeur Dieulafoy.
Physiological studies of balloonists; extensive bibliography. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 8108 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10284
1912 SCHRÖTTER, Anton Hermann Victor Thomas von (Schrötter von Kristelli) (1870 – 1928)
Hygiene der Aeronautik und Aviatik.
Schrötter conducted a great deal of research on the physiological influence of barometric pressure and was one of the first to apply these observations to aviation medicine. Following flight tests he was the first to …
GMN 7177 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9344
1912 ZUNTZ, Nathan (1847 – 1920)
Zur Physiologie und Hygiene der Luftfahrt.
Luftfahrt und Wissenschaft, herausgegeben on Joseph Stricker. Heft 3.
GMN 7178 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9345
1917 HENDERSON, Yandell (1873 – 1944)
Effects of altitude on aviators.
The first discussion of decompression sickness in flying personnel.
GMN 2137.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2688
1918 U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT, Air Service, Division of Military Aeronautics; WILMER, William Holland (1863 – 1936)
Air service medical manual.
The first U. S. work dedicated to the medical aspects of military pilot selection. According to the National Museum of Health and Medicine, this manual was written by William Holland Wilmer, then director of the Medic…
GMN 8107 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10283
1918 U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT, Air Service, Division of Military Aeronautics; WILMER, William Holland (1863 – 1936)
Manual of medical research laboratory.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 9597 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11784
1919 BROCA, André (1863 – 1925); GARSAUX, Paul (1882 – 1970)
Note préliminaire sur l’étude des effets de la force centrifuge sur l’organisme.
The first anti-blackout device. Proposed the use of the g belt to prevent the flow of blood to the abdomen.
GMN 2137.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2689
1919 FLACK, Martin William (1882 – 1931); ANDERSON, Henry Graeme (1882 – 1925); GOTCH, Oliver Horsley (1889 – 1973)
The medical and surgical aspects of aviation by H. Graeme Anderson. With chapters on applied physiology of aviation by Martin Flack, and the aero-neuroses of war pilots by Oliver H. Gotch.
The first textbook on aviation medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 2137.5 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2691
1920 WILMER, William Holland (1863 – 1936)
Aviation medicine in the A. E. F.
"This publication contains an account written by Col.William H. Wilmer, Medical Corps, who was in charge of the Air Service Medical Research Laboratories in Issoudon, France, from September, 1918, until the armistice.…
GMN 12162 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14372
1920 BIRLEY, James Leatham (1884 – 1934)
Goulstonian Lectures on the principles of science as applied to military aviation. Lecture I; Lecture II: War flying at high altitudes; Lecture III: War flying and high altitudes, cont.
"Fatigue was the most universal complaint of pilots. Major Birley attributed its occurrence to the bombardment of the senses by the constant stream of stimuli in the air, many of which were of a peculiar character.75 …
GMN 12577 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14816
1920 HEAD, Sir Henry (1861 – 1940); FLACK, Martin William (1882 – 1931); SHERRINGTON, Sir Charles Scott (1857 – 1952); RIVERS, William Halse Rivers (1864 – 1922); BULLOCH, William (1868 – 1941); BIRLEY, James Leatham (1884 – 1934); ET AL
The medical problems of flying. Including Reports Nos. I-VII of the Air Medical Investigation Committee. Privy Council Medical Research Council.
GMN 12592 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14832
1926 BAUER, Louis Hopewell (1888 – 1964)
Aviation medicine.
Bauer established the first school for flight surgeons in the United States. His book discusses the question of oxygen supply and its essential partial pressure, and discusses the effect of hight degrees of accelerati…
GMN 2137.6 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2694
1931 BARCROFT, Sir Joseph (1872 – 1947)
Muscular exercise at low barometric pressures.
With C.G. Douglas, L.P. Kendal, & R. Margaria. The first recorded attack of bends pain experienced at low barometric pressures. The authors atttempted to find the maximum altitude at which work could be done effective…
GMN 2137.7 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2695
1933 –1934 JONGBLOED, J; NOYONS, A. K.
Der Einfluss von Beschleunigungen auf den Kreislaufapparat.
Determination of the effect of high acceleration on blood pressure, establishing that the systolic pressure in arteries going to the head falls progressively as acceleratory forces increase.
GMN 2137.8 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2696
1938 BOOTHBY, Walter Meredith (1880 – 1953); LOVELACE, William Randolph II (1907 – 1965)
Oxygen in aviation. The necessity for the use of oxygen and a practical apparatus for its administration to both pilots and passengers.
First acute case of decompression sickness recognized.
GMN 2137.9 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2697
1938 LOVELACE, William Randolph II (1907 – 1965)
Oxygen for therapy and aviation: an apparatus for the administration of oxygen or oxygen and helium by inhalation.
GMN 1981 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3772
1938 BULBULIAN, Arthur H. (1900 – 1996)
Design and construction of the masks for the oxygen inhalation apparatus.
The B. L. B. (Boothby-Lovelace-Bulbulian) mask. See also No. 1981.
GMN 1982 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3774
1939 ARMSTRONG, Harry George (1899 – 1983)
Principles and practice of aviation medicine.
Used by all American flight surgeons during World War II.
GMN 2137.10 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2698
1939 STRUGHOLD, Hubertus (1898 – 1986); RUFF, Siegfried (1907 – 1989)
Grundriss der Luftfahrtmedizin.
Compendium of aerospace medicine during the Nazi regime. Ruff was director of the Aviation Medicine Department at the German Experimental Institute for Aviation. Though he was later indicted for war crimes, Ruff was n…
GMN 7174 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9341
1942 FULTON, John Farquhar (1899 – 1960); HOFF, Ebbe Curtis (1906 – 1985)
A bibliography of aviation medicine.
GMN 2137.30 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2700
1943 JOKL, Ernst Franz (1907 – 1997)
Aviation medicine.
GMN 11669 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13870
1948 FULTON, John Farquhar (1899 – 1960)
Aviation medicine in its preventive aspects: an historical survey.
GMN 2138 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2701
1950 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE; STRUGHOLD, Hubertus (1898 – 1986)
German aviation medicine in World War II. Prepared under the auspices of The Surgeon General, U. S. Air Force. 2 vols.
Comprehensive analysis of German accomplishments in aviation and aerospace medicine during World War II, written by 56 mostly specialist German physicians and scientists from the Nazi regime who were brought to the Un…
GMN 7173 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9340
1951 MARBARGER, John P. (1916 – )
Space medicine: The human factor in flights beyond the earth. Edited by John P. Marbarger.
Includes chapters by Maj. Gen. Harry G. Armstrong, Wernher von Braun, Hubertus Strughold, Heinz Haber and others.
GMN 13558 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15835
1952 ARMSTRONG, Harry George (1899 – 1983); WHITE, Clayton Samuel (1912 – 2004); BENSON, Otis Otto Jr. (1902 – 1982)
Physics and medicine of the upper atmosphere. A study of the aeropause, edited by Clayton S. White and Otis O. Benson, Jr. Foreward by Harry G. Armstrong.
Proceedings of the first symposium on high altitude physics and medicine sponsored in the U.S. after World War II, summarizing research done in the nascent U.S. space program based on the V2 rocket, the WAC Corporal r…
GMN 7175 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9342
1960 LAMB, Lawrence E. (1926 – 2015)
The first Internation Symposium on Cardiology in Aviation. Conducted at the School of Aviation Medicine 12-13 November 1959. USAF Aerospace Medical Center (ATC). Edited by Lawrence E. Lamb.
GMN 11767 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13968
1961 U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH); NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (U.S.); NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)
Proceedings of a conference on results of the first U.S. manned suborbital space flight. June 6, 1961.
Ch. 4: "Review of biomedical systems for MR-3 flight." Ch. 5: "Results of preflight and postflight medical examinations" Ch. 6: "Bioinstrumentation in MR-3 flight." Ch.7: "Physiological responses of the astronatu in t…
GMN 13083 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15335
1961 MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER
Results of the second U.S. manned suborbital space flight July 21, 1961.
Ch. 3: "Results of the MR-4 preflight and postflight medical examination conducted on astronaut Virgil I. Grissom." Ch. 4: "Physiological responses of the astronaut in the MR-4 space flight." Ch. 5: "Flight surgeon's …
GMN 13084 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15336
1962 MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER
Results of the first United States Manned Orbital Space Flight February 20, 1962.
Ch. 3: "Life support systems and biomedical instrumentation." Ch. 8: "Aeromedical preparation and results of postflight medical examinations." Ch. 9: "Physiological responses of the astronaut." Ch. 10: "Astronaut prep…
GMN 13082 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15334
1965 SERGEYEV, A. A.
Essays on the history of aviation medicine.
"Translation of Ocherki po istorii aviatsionnoy meditsiny," Moscow: U. S. S. R. Academy of Sciences Publishing House, 1962. Primarily useful for the history of aviation medicine in Russia, with a very extensive biblio…
GMN 2138.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2702
1965 LINK, Mae Mills (1915 – 1996)
Space medicine in Project Mercury.
"Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, id…
GMN 10251 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12442
1973 ROBINSON, Douglas H.
The dangerous sky. A history of aviation medicine.
GMN 2138.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2703
1975 JOHNSTON, Robert D.; DIETLEIN, Lawrence F. (1928 – 2002); BERRY, Charles A.
Biomedical results of Apollo.
Full text available from history.nasa.gov at this link.
GMN 10252 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12443
1977 JOHNSTON, Richard S.; DIETLEIN, Lawrence F. (1928 – 2002)
Biomedical results from Skylab. Edited by Richard S. Johnston and Lawrence F. Dietlein.
"Skylab was the United States' space station that orbited the Earth from 1973 to 1979, when it fell back to Earth amid huge worldwide media attention. Launched and operated by NASA, Skylab included a workshop, a solar…
GMN 10253 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12444
1979 BENFORD, Robert Joseph (1905 – 1990)
The heritage of aviation medicine. An annotated directory of early artifacts.
Descriptions and photographs of notable artifacts, including the original clothing worn by John Jeffries (No.2137.2).
GMN 2138.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2707
1982 NICOGOSSIAN, Arnauld E.; PARKER, James E. Jr.
Space physiology and medicine. Edited by Arnauld E. Nicogossian and James F. Parker, Jr.
GMN 10254 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12445
1984 GIBSON, T. Michael; HARRISON, Michael H.
Into thin air: A history of aviation medicine in the RAF.
GMN 12578 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14817
1987 HOFFMAN, Mary Ann (1924 – 2016); MCFARLAND, Ross A. (1901 – 1976)
Ross A. McFarland collection in aerospace medicine and human factors engineering. Catalogue of the library.
GMN 8671 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10848
1993 –2009 NICOGOSSIAN, Arnauld E.; RUMMEL, J. D.; KOTELNIKOV, Vladimir Aleksandrovich (1908 – 2005); IVANOV, M. V.; SULZMAN, Frank M.; GENIN, A. M.; HUNTOON, Carolyn Leach (1940 – ); ANTIPOV, Vsevolod V.; GRIGORIEV, Anatoliy I.; MOHLER, Stanley R. (1927 – 2014); GAZENKO, Oleg Georgievich (1918 – 2007); SAWIN, Charles F.; HANSON, Svetlana I.; HOUSE, Nancy G.; PESTOV, Igor D.
Space biology and medicine. 5 vols. Vol. 1: Space and its exploration, edited by J. D. Rummel, V.A. Kotelnikov, and M. V. Ivanov. Vol. 2: Life support and habitability, edited by F. M. Sulzman and A. M. Genin. Vol. 3, Books 1 & 2: Humans in spaceflight, edited by Carolyn S. Leach Huntoon, Vesevolod V. Antipov, Anatoliy I. Grigoriev. Vol. 4: Health, performance, and safety of space crews, edited by Arnauld E. Nicogossian, Stanley R. Mohler, Oleg G. Gazenko, Anatoliy I. Grigoriev. Vol. 5: U.S. and Russian cooperation in space biology and medicine, edited by Charles F. Sawin, Svetlana I. Hanson, Nancy G. House, and Igor D. Pestov.
"The five-volume Space Biology and Medicine is a joint work of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Russian Academy of Sciences. In the first volume contributors describe the current status of the…
GMN 10255 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12446
2001 HARRISON, Albert A. (1940 – 2015)
Spacefaring: The human dimension.
GMN 10256 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12447
2003 PIANTADOSI, Claude Anthony
Human survival: Life and death in extreme environments.
GMN 12195 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14405
2005 MACKOWSKI, Maura Phillips
Testing the limits: Aviation medicine and the origins of manned space flight.
GMN 8699 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10876
2006 ECKART, Wolfgang Uwe (1952 – )
Man, medicine, and the state: The human body as an object of government sponsored medical research in the 20th century, edited by Wolfgang U. Eckart.
Chapters on controversial government experimental programs in Senegal, in Germany under the Nazi regime, including in concentration camps and in aerospace research, and also the Tuskegee syphilis experiment in Tuskege…
GMN 7176 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9343
2006 LAMB, Lawrence E. (1926 – 2015)
Inside the space race: A space surgeon's diary.
GMN 11768 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13969
2013 PIANTADOSI, Claude Anthony
Mankind beyond earth: The history, science, and future of human space exploration.
GMN 12194 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14404
