Medicine during the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. (360G-Wellcome-084142_Z_07_Z)

I plan to study: The doctors who accompanied expeditions during the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. This will include their careers before and after the expedition The drugs and equipment taken The diseases and injuries that occurred and their treatment. This will include psychological problems The research undertaken by the doctors. Some of this is physiological research on the expedition members and some was in other areas (eg bacteriology, parasitology) An exploration of the role of the doctor on these expeditions eg the doctor usually had responsibility for food and would have had to treat the dogs (on expeditions that took dogs) The other contributions of doctors to the expeditions eg Wilson as an artist, Atkinson s leadership after Scott s death and Mackay s participation on the first ascent of Mount Erebus and discovery of the South Magnetic Pole. Preliminary reading has identified some other related topics eg The history of hypothermia (why was it not recognised as a problem?) The uses of medicinal brandy The role of medical students (one medical officer was a medical student and there were at least 5 other students or ex-students as members of different expeditions)