Lewis & Clark: Doctors in the Wilderness

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Fulcrum Pub., 2001 - 228 páginas
Bear attacks! Hypothermia! Falling from cliffs! "Lewis and Clark: Doctors in the Wilderness" examines early 19th-century medical standards and techniques, while offering a unique perspective on the expedition that opened the American West. A comparison between past and present wilderness emergencies and treatments is also presented.

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Setting the Scene
1
Putting It Together
17
Medicine in 1800
38
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Bruce Paton is a retired cardiac surgeon & wilderness medicine expert. He has accompanied expeditions as a trip doctor to Alaska, South America, Africa & Nepal. An avid outdoorsman, Paton has contributed to numerous texts & articles related to backcountry medicine, including "Wilderness First Aid: Emergency Care for Remote Locations". He is a former chairman of the Colorado Outward Bound School, as well as a past president of the Wilderness Medicine Society. He resides in Denver.

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