num_pages: 640
description: Describes and illustrates the medical conditions caused by heat and cold, including topics ranging from heat illness prevention to the treatment of hypothermia. Provides historical background and current information on the physiology, physical derangements, psychology, prevention, and treatment of heat- and cold-related environmental illnesses and injuries. Contains a color atlas of cold injuries and their treatment.
language: English
title: Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments, Volume 1
titlecomplete: Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments, Volume 1 (Textbooks of Military Medicine)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army