"From the Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of California."
Includes bibliographies.
I. Effect of high altitudes on pulse, body temperature, blood pressure, respiration rate, output of urine and loss of energy in feces.--II. Effect of high altitudes on protein metabolism.--III. Effect of high altitudes on iron metabolism.--IV. Effect of high altitudes on the carbon dioxide content and on the hydrogen ion concentration of the blood.--V. Effect of high altitudes on salt metabolism with special reference to the mechanism of maintaining the acid-base equilibrium of the body.--VI. Effect of high altitudes on the number of erythrocytes.--VII. Effect of high altitudes on the size of erythrocytes.--VIII. Effect of high altitudes on the morphology of red and white blood corpuscles