“Wilderness medicine” is about a lot more than splinting complex fractures on steep slopes in a snowstorm. Much of the…
I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED, often rightfully, of a lot of things. “Set in his ways” is not one of these.…
WITH ALL THE ATTENTION focused on the COVID-19 vaccine, folks may forget the host of very effective vaccines available already…
THIS COLUMN’S TITLE is one of the pithy aphorisms I learned from my medical school surgery professor, the acclaimed trauma…
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As you are reading this, the snow line is probably well up the mountains and the Canada mayflower is poking…
Wilderness medicine is big business these days. Organizations such as New England-based SOLO sponsor multi-day courses, designed to prepare the…
One of the major advances of 20th century medicine, at least as measured in terms of lives saved, has been…
AS I WRITE IN FEBRUARY I have just returned from an exciting week of teaching and learning at the annual…
This issue of Adirondac is full of advice on the tools and techniques for healthy and comfortable travel in the…