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Identifier: b20457716 (find matches)
Title: Famous airmen and their equipment (electronic resource) : with some notes on first-aid in emergencies
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Burroughs Wellcome and Company
Subjects: Aeronautics
Publisher: London : Burroughs Wellcome
Contributing Library: Wellcome Library
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of itscontents the lives of the explorers maydepend. Every medicament carried must be of theutmost reliability, in the most compact state, andcapable of withstanding an extremely low temperature.In this connection, the following extract fromDr. Wilsons report referring to Tabloid MedicineCases is of interest; they experienced temperaturesas low as 68° below zero and much rough handlingwithout any loss in efficiency and usefulness. The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, coveringa period of nearly two years, and comprising twoseparate voyages of the Scotia, achieved much usefulgeographical work. To the Scotia belongs thecredit of having attained a latitude of 740 1 South.Burroughs Wellcome & Co. supplied the entire medicalequipment, which gave the utmost satisfaction. The chart on the opposite page gives some idea ofthe latitudes reached by explorers at the earthsextremities, north and south, daring recent years. Latitudes Reached by Pioneers inArctic and Antarctic Exploration
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South Polar Regions Z«k VAPOROLE brand aromatic AmmoniaFor use as Smelling Salts The ideal means of carrying a supply of powerfulsmelling salts. Superior in pungency, por-tability and efficiency toordinary varieties. Superior . to Extremely com- Smelling: pact for purse QrSalts 1 r pocket. Suitable for use in theatre,ball-room, lecture-hall andgenerally in emergencies. Each Vaporole productconsists of pungent, deli-cately - perfumed, aromaticammonia, hermetically sealedin a friable glass capsule, surrounded by absorbentmaterial and enclosed in an envelope of silken net. Vaporole Aromatic Ammonia has been foundextremely useful by mountaineers and aviators in therarefied air met with at high altitudes. Aeronautsalso have found it valuable when subjected to thefumes of escaping gas.

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