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Frostbite and other cold injuries in the heroic age of Antarctic exploration

Guly, Henry R.. 2012 Frostbite and other cold injuries in the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, 23 (4). 365-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2012.05.006

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Abstract/Summary

Frostbite and other cold injuries on the early polar expeditions were common. This paper explains how frostbite was described, prevented, and treated on the Antarctic expeditions of the heroic age, comparing them with modern recommendations. Nonfreezing cold injury probably also occurred but was not differentiated from frostbite, and chilblains were also described

Item Type: Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2012.05.006
Programmes: BAS Programmes > Other Special Projects
ISSN: 10806032
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Additional Keywords: frostbire, cold injury, expedition medicine, Antarctica, history of medicine
Date made live: 14 Jan 2013 10:10 +0 (UTC)
URI: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/21073

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