This book provides a distinctly unique literary approach to the account of the Expedition of Lewis and Clark. Dr. David Peck -- an avowed devotee of Lewis and Clark -- takes a new look at the myriad dangers faced by the explorers on a daily basis on their trek into the Western wilderness. What he finds is altogether revealing, instructive, and entertaining. Dr. Peck guides us through the medical travails of the famous journey, juxtaposing treatment then against remedy now. The result is a fascinating book which 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. Illustrations.

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

History

David J. Peck

Americas

Farcountry Press

An urgent-care physician with a passion for the Lewis and Clark Expedition describes its medical aspects in this popular book. 
The two captains had to act as doctors for their own men, Sacagawea and baby Pomp, and also treated many Indian nations met along the way. But they used the primitive medicines and theories of 1803, which often called for doing just what shouldn’t be done, or what had no effect. 
Dr. Peck describes the trip from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean and back, emphasizing the illnesses and accidents, and how the captains dealt with frostbite, severe cuts, appendicitis, venereal disease, pelvic inflammatory disease, mental illness, parasites, skin infections, snowblindness, gunshot wound, dislocated joints, muscle spasm, and more. 
Anecdotes from his own practice enrich the information he gathered from current medical publications. He also presents medical and anecdotal evidence supporting the theory that Meriwether Lewis died from suicide rather than murder.

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

Farcountry Pr

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

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