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

ISBN-10: 1560372257
ISBN-13: 9781560372257
Series: Or Perish in the Attempt
Pages: 351
Language: English
Published: 2002
Publisher: Farcountry Press
Author: David J. Peck

Description

Dr. David Peck's Or Perish in the Attempt ingeniously combines the remarkable adventures of Lewis and Clark with the problems of health faced by their expedition. Formidable problems indeed, but the author patiently, expertly, and humorously guides us through the medical travails of the famous journey, juxtaposing treatment then against remedy now. The result is a fascinating book that sheds new light on not only Lewis and Clark and the men they led along an 8,000-mile wilderness path, but the practice of medicine in the world they lived in. - Howard Berk, on back cover.

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