Dear Colleagues,
I would like to remind you that on 5 December 2005, the Centre for the
History of Science, Technology at the University of Manchester is
hosting a one day conference on the history of high altitude medicine
and physiology, *Challenging the Altitudes*. If you are interested in
attending please contact the organiser, Jorge Lossio. Participation is
free, but we need to confirm numbers to order the right amount of coffee.
CONTACT: [log in to unmask]
WEB: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/events/conferences/altitude/
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*Programme*
9.00-9.30 am: Coffee and Registration
9.30-11.30 am:
Alex McKay (Wellcome Trust Centre, UCL): Fit for the Tibetan frontier:
European understandings of the Tibetan environment.
George Rodway (OHIO State University): Prelude to Everest: Alexander M.
Kellas and the 1920 High Altitude Scientific Expedition to Kamet.
Jorge Lossio (CHSTM, University of Manchester): Medical practice in the
high Andes and the construction of a 'High-altitude pathology'.
12.00-1.00 pm:
John West (University of California San Diego): High Points in the
History of High Altitude Medicine and Physiology.
1.00-1.45 pm: Lunch
1.45-3.00 pm:
Susan Heydon (University of Otago, New Zealand): High Places: medical
services at Khunde Hospital in the Everest area of Nepal, 1966-1998.
Vanessa Heggie (CHSTM, University of Manchester): Athletes at Altitude;
the science of success at the Mexican Olympiad, 1968.
3.00-3.30 pm: Coffee
3.30-5.30 pm:
Alexander von Lunen (University of Technology Darmstadt, Germany): The
Secret Test that America Banned. Mark Ridge, John Scott Haldane and
High-Altitude records in the 1930s.
David Kirby (CHSTM, University of Manchester): Unsung Heroes: Flight
Surgeons, High-Altitude Physiology and Military Science in Hollywood's
"Dive Bomber" (1941 Film).
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Carsten Timmermann, PhD
Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
The University of Manchester, Simon Building, Room 2.36
Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
Phone +44-(0)161-275 7950 Fax +44-(0)161-275 5699
Department Website: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/chstm
Project Website: http://www.cancer-history.org
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