Medical memorials of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration

• Published in: Journal of Medical Biography
• Main Authors: Guly, Henry, Sullivan, Peter, Pearn, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2016
• Subjects: History and Philosophy of Science; Medicine (miscellaneous); Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0967772014532897; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0967772014532897; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0967772014532897

The Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration spanned the period from 1895 to 1922. Medical men who took part in the expeditions of that period made significant contributions to the expeditions in medical treatment of expedition members, geographical discovery and science and, as a result of such contributions, many had geographical features named after them. A recent paper listed five doctors from the Heroic Age who were so honoured. We now add biographical précises of a further 17 personnel, including two medical students who have geographical features named after them.