Or Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis & Clark Expedition

By (author): "David J. Peck"

Genres:Nonfiction books History books Medicine books American History books

Publish Date: 2002

Or Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis & Clark Expedition

ISBN1560372265

ISBN139781560372264

AsinOr Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis & Clark Expedition

Original titleOr Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis and Clark Expedition

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, and appendicitis, parasites, snakebite, a gunshot wound and much more.