Buffalo Medical Journal, Vol. 58: August, 1902, to July, 1903 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Buffalo Medical Journal, Vol. 58: August, 1902, to July, 1903

You will ask what were the physical effects Of such a trial Of endurance? They were less Serious than you might expect. Three men broke down by the revival Of Old rheumatic affec tions, one man lost his toes with frost-bite, one became acutely insane, but eventually recovered, one had orchitis secondary to gonorrhea, one accidental fracture Of the ulna, one accidental gunshot wound Of the thigh, a dozen or more snow blind from the terrible glare on the march across the ice in daylight. A small casualty bill considering the circumstances. The gunshot wound was interesting. A correspondent was showing his self cocking revolver to an Officer when it went Off. The ball entered the thigh close to the outer side Of the femoral artery, ran upward toward the abdomen for about five inches, when it abruptly turned backward and was lost in the loose tissue at the back Of the thigh, where it still lies. I ascribe our successful march partly to the food, which consisted Of fat pork, bread, butter and biscuits, enabling the men to withstand the cold. NO rum ration was issued. Alcohol means death to men benumbed with cold.

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