Word: armstrong
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Captain Harry George Armstrong, a salty ex-Marine doctor, is director of the Army's efficient Aero-Medical Research Laboratory at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Ten years ago Dr. Armstrong made his first parachute jump from an altitude of 2,200 feet, then published a cold, detailed medical report on his "free fall in space...
Last week Dr. Armstrong officially opened a new branch of medical science with a weighty tome, Aviation Medicine
...Altitude Sickness. Identical with seasickness, airsickness is "one of the most important unsolved problems in aviation medicine." Dr. Armstrong believes that it occurs mainly among neurotics who have an unconscious fear of falling. Far more serious is "acute altitude sickness," caused by decrease in the pressure of the oxygen breathed at high altitudes. Altitude sickness, says Dr. Armstrong, is a tough problem. Few people ever feel its painful symptoms while aloft, even though its serious effects may begin at altitudes as low as 9,000 feet. Reason: as the amount and pressure of oxygen breathed is decreased, the senses...
...lineups: PRINCETON HARVARD Naylor, l.e. r.e., Dimeff Stanard, l.t. r.t., Wood Riley, l.g. r.g., Grunig Ransome, c. c., Diets Meacham, r.g. l.g., Soule Howley, r.t. l.t., Armstrong Callery, r.e. l.e., Haydock Fitzgerald, q.b. q.b., Townsend Schults, i.h.b. r.h.b.,Buckley Weishit, r.h.b. l.h.b., Hoar Shee, f.b. f.b., Withington
...series of knee injuries has hindered the team immensely and it is still indefinite as to whether right tackle Jock Armstrong will start, depending on the condition of his knee. John "Whizzer" White, able kicker and field general, and Robby Robinson are also on the bench with lame knees...