· Lewis and Clark’s expedition encountered Native peoples who experienced venereal disease as a result of liaisons with French, British, Spanish, and Canadian travelers and had their own methods for curing its victims, or at least for easing the pain it www.doorway.ru: Nebraska. There's a wealth of information in Venereal Disease and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and Lowry presents it clearly and well-documented. He's circumspect in his conclusions, acknowledging that a lot of what he discusses is open to debate, but it is an informative, wide-ranging introduction to the subjects (venereal disease and the Lewis and Clark expedition) -- and, by not getting bogged down in too Author: Thomas P. Lowry. Lewis and Clark’s expedition encountered Native peoples who experienced venereal disease as a result of liaisons with French, British, Spanish, and Canadian travelers and had their own methods for curing its victims, or at least for easing the pain it www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 2 mins.
1. Author(s): Lowry,Thomas P(Thomas Power), Title(s): Venereal disease and the Lewis and Clark expedition/ Thomas P. Lowry ; with a foreword by Edwin C. Bearss. Country of Publication: United States Publisher: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, c the lewis and clark expedition that can be your partner. Venereal Disease and the Lewis and Clark Expedition-Thomas Power Lowry One of the greatest challenges faced by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis on their ?6 Corps of Discovery expedition was that of medical emergencies on the trail. Without an attending physician, even. Venereal Disease and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. By Thomas P. Lowry (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, Pp. xvi, Cloth, $) Whether these five books represent a new trend in Lewis and Clark studies cannot be answered for certain just yet; however, as a group they.
There's a wealth of information in Venereal Disease and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and Lowry presents it clearly and well-documented. He's circumspect in his conclusions, acknowledging that a lot of what he discusses is open to debate, but it is an informative, wide-ranging introduction to the subjects (venereal disease and the Lewis and Clark expedition) -- and, by not getting bogged down in too much detail, a quick, sometimes disconcerting (syphilis can be one hell of a nasty disease. Venereal disease is rampant, normal and expected in the expedition. The supplies list includes unguents, instruments and of course mercurial solutions to treat the disease. Lowry covers a lot of ground and suggests that syphilis and gonorrhea are new world diseases that infected Europe with deadly, virulent strains three years after Columbus's first voyage - in Physician Thomas P. Lowry delves into the world of nineteenth-century medicine, uncovering the expedition’s very real fear of venereal disease. Lewis and Clark knew they were unlikely to prevent their men from forming sexual liaisons on the trail, so they prepared for the consequences of encounters with potentially infected people, as well as the consequences of preexisting disease, by stocking themselves with medicine and the latest scientific knowledge from the best minds in America.
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