title: Frostbite and other cold injuries in the heroic age of Antarctic exploration.
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.
authors: Emergency Medicine and British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK. hguly@aol.com
authors: Henry R
authors: HR
authors: Guly
mesh_terms: D000864:Antarctic Regions; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005101:Expeditions / Q000266:history*; D005627:Frostbite / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans