Surgery and anaesthesia during the heroic age of Antarctic exploration (1895-1922)

During the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, general anaesthesia was given on at least 11 occasions. This paper describes some of the surgery procedures performed, including on the doctors themselves

Bibliographic Details
Published in:BMJ
Main Author: Guly, H. R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504464/
https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504464/1/bmj.f7242.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f7242
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Summary:During the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, general anaesthesia was given on at least 11 occasions. This paper describes some of the surgery procedures performed, including on the doctors themselves