Galen and the beginnings of Western physiology
Ibn al-Nafis, the pulmonary circulation, and the Islamic Golden Age
Torricelli and the ocean of air: the first measurement of barometric pressure
Robert Boyle?s landmark book of 1660 with the first experiments on rarified air
The original presentation of Boyle's Law
Robert Hooke: Early respiratory physiologist, polymath, and mechanical genius
Marcello Malpighi and the discovery of the pulmonary capillaries and alveoli
Stephen Hales: neglected respiratory physiologist
Joseph Black, carbon dioxide, latent heat, and the beginnings of the discovery of the respiratory gases
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, the discoverer of oxygen, and a very productive chemist
Joseph Priestley, oxygen, and the Enlightenment
The collaboration of Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier and the first measurements of human oxygen consumption
Henry Cavendish, hydrogen, water, and the weight of the earth
Humphry Davy, nitrous oxide, the Pneumatic Institution, and the Royal Institution
Denis Jourdanet (1815-1892) and the early recognition of the role of hypoxia at high altitude
Centenary of the Anglo-American High Altitude Expedition to Pikes Peak
Alexander M. Kellas and the physiological challenge of Mount Everest
Ravenhill and his contributions to mountain sickness
George I. Finch and his pioneering use of oxygen for climbing at extreme altitudes
Joseph Barcroft's studies of high altitude physiology
The physiological legacy of the Fenn, Rahn and Otis school
The physiological challenges of the 1952 Copenhagen poliomyelitis epidemic and a renaissance in clinical respiratory physiology
Historical aspects of the early Soviet/Russian manned space program.