title: An Antarctic sealing expedition and the medical diary of William Spiers Bruce (1867-1921).
abstract: William Spiers Bruce was a medical student who sailed as ship's surgeon on the Balaena, one of the ships of the Dundee Whaling Expedition to the Antarctic (1892-93). On this expedition he kept a diary listing his medical consultations and the treatments he administered. This paper considers the expedition and the diaries.
authors.affiliation: hguly@aol.com
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guly
mesh_terms: D000864:Antarctic Regions; D004739:England; D005101:Expeditions / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008499:Medical Records; D019021:Natural History / Q000266:history