Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Wilderness medicine is a rapidly growing discipline that is becoming increasingly more significant in today's era of globalization, international travel, and wilderness exploration. The diverse field of wilderness medicine evolved from “mountain medicine,” the investigation of the physiology of maladies experienced during man’s quest to climb the highest peaks on the planet. Its roots, however, date back many centuries, as the manifestations of high-altitude illness were noted by the Chinese, who described headaches and vomiting in travelers along the high passes of the Silk Road between China and Afghanistan.

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