True Frostbite is not uncommon in civilian life (1, 17), but among acclimated travellers and natives of arctic and subarctic regions, serious cases are rare (165). The greatest incidence of frostbite has occurred among armed forces during military campaigns. Napolèon' s surgeon, Baron Larrey (101) encountered huge numbers of cold injuries in French troops during the retreat from Moscow. Lewis (108) is of the opinion that these were trench foot injuries, while Arena (5) refers to themas examples of true frostbite. During both World wars non-freezing wet cold injuries predominated.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.111365 |
Date | January 1957 |
Creators | Wilson, William. E. |
Contributors | Webster, D. (Supervisor) |
Publisher | McGill University |
Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | application/pdf |
Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Health Sciences.) |
Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
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