1. Meyer-Ahrens, C. Die Bergkrankheit; oder Der Einfluss des Ersteigens grosser Höhen auf den thierischen Organismus. Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1854. This is probably the first book on high-altitude diseases.
2. Heath, D. and D. R. Williams. High-Altitude Medicine and Pathology, 4th edition. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
3. Hultgren, H. High Altitude Medicine. Stanford, CA: Hultgren Publications, 1997.
4. Ward, M. P., J. S. Milledge, and J. B. West. High Altitude Medicine and Physiology, 2nd edition. London: Chapman and Hall, 1995. This and the two preceding books are not focused on history but they include many historical insights.