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LSU Health New OrleansAerospace Medicine & History
July is full of space anniversaries, from the moon landing (July 15th) to the establishment of Cape Canaveral (July 24th), but what did this mean for medicine?
To understand the history of a medical subject, I sometimes check out its history in MeSH. The current subject is Aerospace Medicine and has been since 1980, but it was Aviation Medicine from 1966-74 and Space Flight from 1975-79. If a comprehensive historical search is required, it is always good to check out the Online & History Notes in MeSH.
Check out this article by SE Parazynski, a former astronaut and a physician, entitled “From model rockets to spacewalks: an astronaut physician’s journey and the science of the United States’ space program.” This article is freely available to the general public through PubMed Central.
A blog reader via twitter writes:
if you like aerospace medicine history, an interesting set of vids… http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2009/03/20/inventor-of-g-suit-dies/
Earl Wood, M.D., Ph.D., the Mayo Clinic investigator credited with inventing the high-altitude pressure suit worn by pilots and astronauts, is featured in a documentary entitled, Reaching New Heights: Secret Stories of the Mayo Clinic Aero Medical Unit. You can watch the 20 minute documentary for free via the link above.