The Principles and Practice of Human Physiology
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1981
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: O.G. Edholm
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 2 4 3 0 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 4 3 4 5 - 5
The Principles and Practice of Human Physiology reflects the progress of human physiology and presents developments through instrumentation and field work. This book is a… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Principles and Practice of Human Physiology reflects the progress of human physiology and presents developments through instrumentation and field work. This book is a continuation of previous texts on human physiology and survival, but focuses more on the aspect of human endeavor. The text comprises of 12 chapters with an additional article at the beginning (written by one of the authors) and a postscript regarding human experimentation and the ethics of it. Chapter 1 lays the foundation with a discussion on the history of human physiology. The succeeding chapters tackle and focus on aspects of physiology such as work, thermal, underwater, locomotor and postural, and stress. A chapter on instrumentation and physiological measurements is also featured in the text. The book will be a good source of valuable information to many students and professionals in the field of physiology, biology, medicine, and pharmacology.
Contributors
Preface
Meretricious Metrication—A Physiologist's Lament
Chapter 1 Introduction to the History of Human Physiology
Chapter 2 Work Physiology
Chapter 3 Thermal Physiology
Chapter 4 Acceleration
Chapter 5 High Altitudes and Hypoxia
Chapter 6 Underwater Physiology
Chapter 7 Locomotor and Postural Physiology
Chapter 8 The Physiology of Stress
Part I—Emotion
Part II—The Coping Mechanism
Chapter 9 Biological Rhythms
Chapter 10 Sleep
Chapter 11 Instrumentation of Physiological Measurements
Chapter 12 The Nature and Control of Physiological Disturbances in Critical Illness
Postscript The Ethics of Human Experimentation
Author Index
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1981
- No. of pages (eBook): 686
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124124301
- eBook ISBN: 9780323143455
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