Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. A short history of diving and diving medicine -- Ch. 2. Diving physics -- Ch. 3. Diving equipment -- Ch. 4. Inert gas exchange and bubbles -- Ch. 5. Breath-hold diving -- Ch. 6. Mixed-gas diving -- Ch. 7. Mechanisms and risks of decompression -- Ch. 8. Pathophysiology of decompression sickness -- Ch. 9. Pulmonary barotrauma -- Ch. 10. Treatment of decompression illness -- Ch. 11. Inert gas narcosis and high-pressure nervous syndrome -- Ch. 12. Toxicity of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide -- Ch. 13. Hypothermia -- Ch. 14. Near drowning -- Ch. 15. Marine animal injuries -- Ch. 16. Marine poisoning and intoxication -- Ch. 17. Human performance underwater -- Ch. 18. Medical supervision of diving operations -- Ch. 19. Women in diving -- Ch. 20. Diving in the elderly and the young -- Ch. 21. Aseptic necrosis of bone -- Ch. 22. Ear and sinus problems in diving -- Ch. 23. Neurologic consequences of diving -- Ch. 24. Pulmonary disorders [and diving] -- Ch. 25. Cardiovascular disorders and diving -- Ch. 26. Diabetes and diving -- Ch. 27. Medical evaluation for sport diving -- Ch. 28. Medical evaluation of working divers -- Ch. 29. U.S. Navy diving equipment and techniques.