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Only One Man Died: The Medical Aspects of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Only One Man Died: The Medical Aspects of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Eldon Chuinard, MD, clinical professor of orthopedics at the University of Oregon School of Medicine and past president of the Oregon Medical Society, has done a distinct service to the history of medicine by describing the Lewis and Clark expedition from a medical rather than a geographic point of view. The time between the Lewis and Clark expedition and the present is relatively short, while the change in medical practice in that time is enormous. When this band of hardy explorers began their journey in 1803, the principal treatment for all illnesses was blood-letting, a practice enthusiastically employed by Benjamin Rush, MD, who provided Lewis with instruction in the art of venesection. The expedition did not include a physician in its ranks, which is perhaps just as well in view of the treatments used at that time. Continued on p 2529. Continued from p 2528. The explorers suffered from physical http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Only One Man Died: The Medical Aspects of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Barclay, William R.
JAMA , Volume 243 (24) – Jun 27, 1980
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1980 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
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10.1001/jama.1980.03300500054038
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Eldon Chuinard, MD, clinical professor of orthopedics at the University of Oregon School of Medicine and past president of the Oregon Medical Society, has done a distinct service to the history of medicine by describing the Lewis and Clark expedition from a medical rather than a geographic point of view. The time between the Lewis and Clark expedition and the present is relatively short, while the change in medical practice in that time is enormous. When this band of hardy explorers began their journey in 1803, the principal treatment for all illnesses was blood-letting, a practice enthusiastically employed by Benjamin Rush, MD, who provided Lewis with instruction in the art of venesection. The expedition did not include a physician in its ranks, which is perhaps just as well in view of the treatments used at that time. Continued on p 2529. Continued from p 2528. The explorers suffered from physical

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Published: Jun 27, 1980

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