Frostbite and other cold injuries in the heroic age of Antarctic exploration
Frostbite and other cold injuries on the early polar expeditions were common. This paper explains how frostbite was described, prevented, and treated on the Antarctic expeditions of the heroic age, comparing them with modern recommendations. Nonfreezing cold injury probably also occurred but was not...
Published in: | Wilderness & Environmental Medicine |
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Wilderness Medical Society
2012
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/21073/ http://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(12)00168-8/fulltext https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2012.05.006 |
Summary: | Frostbite and other cold injuries on the early polar expeditions were common. This paper explains how frostbite was described, prevented, and treated on the Antarctic expeditions of the heroic age, comparing them with modern recommendations. Nonfreezing cold injury probably also occurred but was not differentiated from frostbite, and chilblains were also described |
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