An Antarctic sealing expedition and the medical diary of William Spiers Bruce (1867–1921)

• Published in: Journal of Medical Biography
• Main Author: Guly, Henry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2012
• Subjects: History and Philosophy of Science; Medicine (miscellaneous); Antarctic; Dundee; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jmb.2011.011040; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1258/jmb.2011.011040; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1258/jmb.2011.011040

William Spiers Bruce was a medical student who sailed as ship's surgeon on the Balaena, one of the ships of the Dundee Whaling Expedition to the Antarctic (1892–93). On this expedition he kept a diary listing his medical consultations and the treatments he administered. This paper considers the expedition and the diaries.