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DIVING AND SUBAQUATIC MEDICINE
Carl Edmonds, Christopher Lowry and John Pennefather
Diving Medical Centre, Mosman, NSW. ISBN 0 959 5031 0 2.
First edition not dated. Second edition 1981.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 571 pages. mono and colour prints, drawings,
charts.
This was, and probably remains, the 'bible' for hypernbaric medicine
in Australia and certainly since its first release had been a mjor txt
for diving doctors, intructors, profssional divers and the serious sport
diver. Being published in Australia its cost was within the range of most
divers, aroun $45 initially and then gradually up to $84.00, but
in th late 1990s I think it was, it went overseas for publication. This
meant more sales and more money for the authors but the latest, current,
recommended retail of this book in Australia is a ridiculous $275.00. (It
is US90 in th USA). When I queried this high cost with the Australian distributor
I was told, I quote," "it is an acedemic text and we can charge what we
like for academic books" Thats probably true and doctors and professional
divers can made a smal claim on their tax, but it does leav the serious
amateur out in the cold.
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UNDERWATER MEDICINE
Surgeon Captain, Stanley Miles.
Published by the Staples Press of London, England, 1962.
Second edition (this cover), 1966.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 332 page, illustrated text.
Dr. Miles was the Surgeon Captain, R.N., Director of
Medical Resarch, Royal Navy Medical School, Hants. Deals with dangerous
health conditions divers are exposed to underseas, including the bends
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