Oxygen Transport to Human Tissues. Edited by Jack A. Loeppky and Marvin L. Riedesel. Elzevier Medical, New York, 1982. 374 pages. Illustrations. $45. Oxygen Transport to Human Tissues is another collection of papers given at a symposium. This one was held in Albuquerque in the spring of 1981 in honor of Dr. Ulrich Luft, a distinguished leader in high-altitude medicine. Virtually all the leaders in altitude research participated and their papers record the cutting edge of research at the time. Not surprisingly they are sophisticated and complex and few have any direct bearing on mountaineering. A number of speakers from abroad gave the symposium and this book an international flavor, and most of the material is new, prepared especially for this meeting. For the non-scientific climber this book is a bit much, but for a physiologist or physician interested in the latest advances, the book is a must.

Charles S. Houston, M.D.