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Luft (Ulrich Cameron) Papers
MSS 0475
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Description
Papers of Ulrich Cameron Luft, research physiologist and physician. Luft was an authority in the fields of lung physiology
and acclimatization to high altitude.
Background
The son of a Scottish mother and German father, Ulrich Cameron Luft was born in Berlin on April 25, 1910. He studied medicine
at the universities of Freiburg, Munich and Berlin, 1929-1935. After a year as an intern, he was licensed as a physician and
in 1937 completed a doctoral thesis on the physiological effects of oxygen deprivation.
Extent
19.8 Linear feet
(38 archives boxes, 11 card file boxes, 1 records carton, 4 oversize folders, and 1 art bin item)
Restrictions
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Availability
Films in Series 4: EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH MATERIAL and Series 6: HIGH ALITITUDE EXPEDITIONS are restricted. A DVD viewing copy,
located in Box 32, is available in place of the films. Original materials deemed too fragile for use are restricted. User
copies must be used in place of these materials.