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Medicine on the Discovery: Dr Reginald Koettlitz

Reginald Koettlitz was born in 1860 and died in 1916, making this month the centenary of his death. In his life he travelled on the Discovery to the Antarctic with Captain Scott, journeyed up the Amazon and explored half of Africa. He was a medical pioneer, identifying many techniques for surviving Read more…

By Simon Jones, 9 years ago

Writing

Introducing Dr Reginald Koettlitz, polar explorer

Rather surprisingly given my own intolerance to physical exertion, a couple of generations back my family has a genuine polar explorer, who even accompanied the (in?)famous Captain Scott on his first attempt to reach the South Pole. Dr Reginald Koettlitz was a true explorer from a heroic age when the Read more…

By Simon Jones, 13 years ago