Or Perish in the Attempt
Subtitle: Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis & Clark Expedition
Publisher: Farcountry Press
Published: May 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9781560372264
Subjects: Nature/Ecology; History - General History; First aid in illness and injur; Wilderness survival; United States - 19th Century/Old West; Lewis and Clark Expedition; Expeditions & Discoveries; History; (1804-1806); Backpacking injuries; First aid in illness and injury
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.