'Cocaine For Snowblindness': What Polar Explorers Packed For First Aid

The list of items that early Antarctic explorers like Sir Ernest Shackleton and Robert F. Scott packed in their medical kits reads like a "witch's grimoire." Along with strange items like fish swim bladders and 'gold-beater's skin" Read More...

Read the complete post at http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/09/28/161881513/cocaine-for-snowblindness-what-polar-explorers-packed-for-first-aid?ft=1&f=103537970


Posted Sep 28 2012, 06:50 AM by Shots - Health Blog