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Or Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis and Clark Expediton

By David J Peck

ISBN: 1560372257
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Farcountry Press
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An urgent-care physician with a passion for the Lewis and Clark Expedition describes the medical challenges the captains encountered and treated using the primitive medicine and theories of 1803. Dr. Peck details how they dealt with illnesses and accidents including frostbite, severe cuts, appendicitis, parasites, snakebite, a gunshot wound and much more.

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Western HistoryLewis and Clark
Nature/OutdoorsWilderness Survival