Or Perish in the Attempt: L&c Medicine (Hardcover) by David Peck

9781560372264. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 351. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 351 p. Contains: Illustrations. An urgent-care physician with a passion for the Lewis and Clark Expedition describes the medical challenges the captains encountered and treated using the primitive medicine and theories of 1803. Dr. Peck details how they dealt with illnesses and accidents including frostbite, severe cuts, and appendicitis, parasites, snakebite, a gunshot wound and much more.