Citation

Guly HR. Wilderness Environ. Med. 2012; 23(4): 365-370.

Affiliation

Emergency Medicine and British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit (retired consultant), Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.wem.2012.05.006

PMID

22835802

Abstract

Frostbite and other cold injuries on the early polar expeditions were common. This paper explains how frostbite was described, prevented, and treated on the Antarctic expeditions of the heroic age, comparing them with modern recommendations. Nonfreezing cold injury probably also occurred but was not differentiated from frostbite, and chilblains were also described.

Language: en