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  • Title: Medical supplies for the expeditions of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration: introduction.
    Author: Guly HR.
    Journal: Pharm Hist (Lond); 2012 Jun; 42(2):32-6. PubMed ID: 23045792.
    Abstract:
    During the heroic age of Antarctic exploration (1895-1922) there were at least 18 expeditions to the Antarctic lasting between 18 and 30 months. This is an introduction to a series of articles about the drugs taken and used in the Antarctic at this time. Most of the information relates to the expeditions of Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton and the main supplier of medical equipment was Burroughs Wellcome and Co. This article also describes the medical cases that were taken to the Antarctic.
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