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Italian physiologist Angelo Mosso (1846-1910)

In 1898, Mosso documented a case of mountain illness at an altitude of 4559 m (14960 ft) on the Italian Alps bordering Switzerland (Source: Academy of Sciences of Turin via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Figure restored and edited by Dr. Douglas J Lanska.)

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