Medical memorials in Antarctica: a gazetteer of medical place-names
In Antarctica an astonishing more than 300 ‘medical’ place-names record the lives of surgeons and physicians who have served as leaders, clinicians and scientists in the field of polar medicine and other doctors memorialized for their service to medicine. These enduring medical memorials are to be f...
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crsagepubl:10.1258/jmb.2012.012060 2023-05-15T14:09:40+02:00 Medical memorials in Antarctica: a gazetteer of medical place-names Sullivan, Peter Pearn, John 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jmb.2012.012060 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1258/jmb.2012.012060 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1258/jmb.2012.012060 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Medical Biography volume 20, issue 4, page 173-181 ISSN 0967-7720 1758-1087 History and Philosophy of Science Medicine (miscellaneous) journal-article 2012 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1258/jmb.2012.012060 2022-04-14T04:39:17Z In Antarctica an astonishing more than 300 ‘medical’ place-names record the lives of surgeons and physicians who have served as leaders, clinicians and scientists in the field of polar medicine and other doctors memorialized for their service to medicine. These enduring medical memorials are to be found in the names of glaciers, mountains, capes and islands of the vast frozen Southern Continent. This Antarctic Medical Gazetteer features, inter alii, doctor-expedition leaders, including Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867–1936) of France and Desmond Lugg (b. 1938) of Australia. The Medical Gazetteer lists 43 geographical features on Brabant Island that were named after famous doctors. This Gazetteer also includes a collection of medical place-names on the Loubet Coast honouring Dr John Cardell (1896–1966) and nine other pioneers who worked on the prevention of snow blindness and four islands of the Lyall Islands Group, including Surgeon Island, named after United States Antarctic Medical Officers. Eleven geographic features (mountains, islands, nunataks, lakes and more) are named after Australian doctors who have served with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions based at Davis Station. Biographic memorials in Antarctica comprise a collective witness of esteem, honouring in particular those doctors who have served in Antarctica where death and injury remains a constant threat. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Brabant Island SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Antarctic Brabant ENVELOPE(-103.751,-103.751,56.117,56.117) Brabant Island ENVELOPE(-116.595,-116.595,61.067,61.067) Cardell ENVELOPE(65.200,65.200,-70.217,-70.217) Charcot ENVELOPE(139.017,139.017,-69.367,-69.367) Davis Station ENVELOPE(77.968,77.968,-68.576,-68.576) Davis-Station ENVELOPE(77.968,77.968,-68.576,-68.576) Four Islands ENVELOPE(-108.218,-108.218,56.050,56.050) Loubet ENVELOPE(-66.267,-66.267,-66.917,-66.917) Loubet Coast ENVELOPE(-66.000,-66.000,-67.000,-67.000) Lugg ENVELOPE(64.155,64.155,-71.241,-71.241) Lyall Islands ENVELOPE(167.333,167.333,-70.683,-70.683) Surgeon Island ENVELOPE(166.983,166.983,-70.667,-70.667) Journal of Medical Biography 20 4 173 181 |
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In Antarctica an astonishing more than 300 ‘medical’ place-names record the lives of surgeons and physicians who have served as leaders, clinicians and scientists in the field of polar medicine and other doctors memorialized for their service to medicine. These enduring medical memorials are to be found in the names of glaciers, mountains, capes and islands of the vast frozen Southern Continent. This Antarctic Medical Gazetteer features, inter alii, doctor-expedition leaders, including Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867–1936) of France and Desmond Lugg (b. 1938) of Australia. The Medical Gazetteer lists 43 geographical features on Brabant Island that were named after famous doctors. This Gazetteer also includes a collection of medical place-names on the Loubet Coast honouring Dr John Cardell (1896–1966) and nine other pioneers who worked on the prevention of snow blindness and four islands of the Lyall Islands Group, including Surgeon Island, named after United States Antarctic Medical Officers. Eleven geographic features (mountains, islands, nunataks, lakes and more) are named after Australian doctors who have served with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions based at Davis Station. Biographic memorials in Antarctica comprise a collective witness of esteem, honouring in particular those doctors who have served in Antarctica where death and injury remains a constant threat. |
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Medical memorials in Antarctica: a gazetteer of medical place-names |
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Medical memorials in Antarctica: a gazetteer of medical place-names |
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Medical memorials in Antarctica: a gazetteer of medical place-names |
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Medical memorials in Antarctica: a gazetteer of medical place-names |
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