Polar Human Biology. The Proceedings Of The Scar/iups/iubs Symposium On Human Biology And Medicine In The Antarctic

Polar Human Biology The Proceedings of the SCAR/IUPS/IUBS Symposium on Human Biology and Medicine in the Antarctic edited by O. G. Edholm & E. K. E. Gunderson WILLIAM HEINEMANN MEDICAL BOOKS LTD. First published 1973 © William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd., 1973 ISBN 0 433 08155 4 Printed and bound in Great Britain by R.J. Acford Ltd. Industrial Estate, Chichester, Sussex List of contributors T. R. Allen* 17 Green Sward, Stockton Lane, York Y03 OJE K. Asahina Department of Physiology, Toho University School of Medicine, Nishi 5-21, Omori, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan H. Bellamy Chronobiology Laboratories, University of Minnesota, USA A. D. Beynon*t Division of Human Physiology, National Institute for Medical Research, (Hampstead Laboratories), London NW3 6RB A. B. Blackburn Veterans Administration Hospital, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas 77031, USA A. S. Bodey Assistant Pathologist, Mercy Maternity Hospital, Clarendon Street, East Melbourne, Australia 3002 J. Bohlen Chronobiology Laboratories, University of Minnesota, USA R. E. Brooks Veterans Administration Hospital, 921 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA J. Brotherhood* Laboratory for Field Physiology, National Institute for Medical Research, {Hampstead Laboratories), London NW3 6RB G. M. Budd School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Zone A27, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia 2006 * Denotes former medical officer or member of the British Antarctic Survey. t Present address : Department of Oral Anatomy, The Dental School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NEI 8TA. ix X LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS G. Cazes DRME, 5 bis, av. de la Porte de Sèvres, Paris 15ème. L. Crocq DRME, 5 bis, av. de la Porte de Sèvres, Paris, 15ème. A. G. Davies* Department of Physiology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TJ P. Doury Hôpital d? Instruction des Armées du Val de Grâce, 277 bis, rue Saint-Jacques, 75230—Paris Cedex 05 O. G. Edholm Division of Human Physiology, National Institute for Medical Research, {Hampstead Laboratories), London NW3 6RB R. Eide Institute of Psychology, University of Bergen, N-5001 Bergen, Norway A. J. Fry* Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, Sussex BN11 2DH G. Godin School of Hygiene, 150 College Street, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada E. K. E. Gunderson Navy Medical Neuropsychiatrie Research Unit, San Diego, California 92152, USA F. Halberg Chronobiology Laboratories, University of Minnesota, USA M. J. Holmes* Clinical Research Centre, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HAI 3UJ A. T. Joern Veterans Administration Hospital, 921 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA W. J. Klein (Lieutenant Commander, USN) Fellow in Operational and Research Psychiatry, Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19145, USA * Denotes former medical officer or member of the British Antarctic Survey. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS XI J. LeBlanc Laboratoire d'Endocrinologie Climatique, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada I. Leith* Broomfield Hospital, Court Road, Chelmsford, Essex R. M. Lloyd* " ShackletorC\ Well Lane, Mollington, Nr. Chester Mary C. Lobban Division of Human Physiology, National Institute for Medical Research, (Hampstead Laboratories), London NW3 6RB D. J. Lugg Senior Medical Officer, Antarctic Division, Department of Science, 568 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, Australia 3004 H. G. Muchmore Veterans Administration Hospital, 921 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA K. Natani Veterans Administration Hospital, 921 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA Y. Ohkubo Blood Transfusion Service, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan S. Pattin Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées du Val de Grâce, 277 bis, rue Saint