Anaesthetics in Antarctica
“It was during this month of June, that Drs Mcllroy and Macklin transformed our snuggery into an operating theatre and amputated the frost-bitten toes of our youngest member, Blackborrow, who had been suffering severely and was a chronic cripple. Wild and I acted as hospital orderlies and maintained...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400056941 2024-03-03T08:37:08+00:00 Anaesthetics in Antarctica Lugg, D. J. 1966 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400056941 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400056941 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 13, issue 83, page 187-190 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1966 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400056941 2024-02-08T08:37:25Z “It was during this month of June, that Drs Mcllroy and Macklin transformed our snuggery into an operating theatre and amputated the frost-bitten toes of our youngest member, Blackborrow, who had been suffering severely and was a chronic cripple. Wild and I acted as hospital orderlies and maintained the temperature of the ‘theatre’ at 50°, by stoking-up the bogie fire with penguin skins. In the dense smoke, by the feeble glimmer of blubber lamps, Macklin administered the chloroform and Mcllroy performed the operation which saved Blackborrow's leg if not indeed his life.” Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Polar Record Cambridge University Press Macklin ENVELOPE(64.600,64.600,-69.950,-69.950) Polar Record 13 83 187 190 |
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“It was during this month of June, that Drs Mcllroy and Macklin transformed our snuggery into an operating theatre and amputated the frost-bitten toes of our youngest member, Blackborrow, who had been suffering severely and was a chronic cripple. Wild and I acted as hospital orderlies and maintained the temperature of the ‘theatre’ at 50°, by stoking-up the bogie fire with penguin skins. In the dense smoke, by the feeble glimmer of blubber lamps, Macklin administered the chloroform and Mcllroy performed the operation which saved Blackborrow's leg if not indeed his life.” |
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