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Contents

	Foreword by Hugh L. Dryden	iii
	Author's Preface	v
	Introduction by W. Randolph Lovelace II	ix
Chapter 1	Space Medicine: A Critical Factor in Manned Space Flight	1
Chapter 2	Aviation Medicine: Tap Root of Space Medicine	10
Chapter 3	Pre-Mercury Heritage in Biotechnology	22
Chapter 4	NASA Long-Range Life Sciences Program	31
Chapter 5	Medical Aspects of Astronaut Selection and Training	44
Chapter 6	Biomedical Aspects of Life Support Systems	64
Chapter 7	Biomedical Planning for Launch, Tracking, and Recovery	85
Chapter 8	The Season of Crisis: 1961	112
Chapter 9	Space Medicine in 1961-1962	126
Chapter 10	Mercury Medical Operations	135
Chapter 11	The End of the Beginning	169
	Appendix A: Members of Committees Listed on Chart 1	171
	Appendix B: Aeromedical Monitoring Personnel	176
	PICTURES, ILLUSTRATIONS, FIGURES, AND CHARTS

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