Or Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis and Clark Expedition

This book provides a distinctly unique literary approach to the account of the Expedition of Lewis and Clark. Dr. David Peck -- an avowed devotee of Lewis and Clark -- takes a new look at the myriad dangers faced by the explorers on a daily basis on their trek into the Western wilderness. What he finds is altogether revealing, instructive, and entertaining. Dr. Peck guides us through the medical travails of the famous journey, juxtaposing treatment then against remedy now. The result is a fascinating book which sheds new light on not only Lewis and Clark and the men they led along an 8,000-mile wilderness path, but the practice of medicine in the world they lived in. Illustrations.