title: Aviation medicine in the United Kingdom: early years, 1911-1918.
abstract: This is the first of three brief papers that summarize the history of aviation medicine in the Royal Air Force. Just as the generals and politicians were slow to appreciate the potential of the airplane, so the medical establishment was slow in understanding that the flight environment involved medical and physiological challenges. This note outlines the development of research to support British military aviators up to the formation of the Royal Air Force in 1918.
authors.affiliation: Corporate Health, Ltd., Slough, Berkshire, UK. mike@bagpipe.wanadoo.co.uk
authors.forename: T Michael
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000266:history*; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history; D006113:United Kingdom; D047828:World War I