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Or Perish in the Attempt

Or Perish in the Attempt

Using the best medical knowledge of 1803, Captains Meriwether Lewis & William Clark were the physicians for the Corps of Discovery expedition. Before the expedition departed, Benjamin Rush, a leading American doctor of the time, gave Lewis a two-week crash course in medicine, the best available at the time. Based on the book by David J. Peck, DO.

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Or Perish in the Attempt is a local public television program presented by Montana PBS

Or Perish in the Attempt

Or Perish in the Attempt

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The story of the medicine of Lewis & Clark. (54m 34s)

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