The Prevention and Treatment of Frostbite

Frostbite and the kindred conditions, trench foot, immersion foot and shelter foot, are almost unknown in England in time of peace. In time of war they suddenly acquire significance. In the war of 1914–18, 84, 670 cases of the first two occurred in the British Army alone; the other two had not then...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Greene, Raymond
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1942
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400040249 2024-03-03T08:48:16+00:00 The Prevention and Treatment of Frostbite Greene, Raymond 1942 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400040249 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400040249 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 3, issue 23, page 481-488 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1942 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400040249 2024-02-08T08:46:07Z Frostbite and the kindred conditions, trench foot, immersion foot and shelter foot, are almost unknown in England in time of peace. In time of war they suddenly acquire significance. In the war of 1914–18, 84, 670 cases of the first two occurred in the British Army alone; the other two had not then been recognised. Yet in many units cases were few, and in the North Russian campaign between September 1918 and September 1919, only forty-eight men were attacked. They are largely preventable conditions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Polar Record Cambridge University Press Polar Record 3 23 481 488
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Geography, Planning and Development
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Ecology
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The Prevention and Treatment of Frostbite
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Ecology
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