THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC 



in, I amputated the last joint a month after the accident. 

 Recovery was slow owing to the limited amount of healthy 

 tissue for the posterior anterior flap. The ultimate result 

 was satisfactory. B. Day, while tobogganing, fractured 

 the base of the third metatarsal of his right foot. These 

 accidents, together with a few septic fingers, were all that 

 arose in the surgical line. 



Weights and measurements were taken regularly, but 

 although shghtly on the increase during the winter, did 

 not vary much from month to month, although one mem- 

 ber has now well-marked linear albicantes on both upper 

 arms as a memento of the adiposea of the south. 



During one time or another all the members of the 

 Southern Party suffered more or less severely from dys- 

 entery. Some of the pony meat was not wholesome, and 

 as the supply of oil was small, it was either eaten raw or 

 warmed to about 100° Fahr., with the result that we were 

 unable to digest it. An acute enteritis resulted and pros- 

 trated us from time to time. At this time we were almost 

 entirely dependent on the pony meat, the starch food 

 available being of the scantiest. 



A considerable quantity of Easton Syrup tabloids 

 were used on the plateau and were found of assistance. 

 Only on two or three occasions did any one suffer from 

 snow-blindness, and on each occasion the . snow goggles 

 provided had not been worn. 



The deep amber glasses were a sufficient protection, 

 as they cut out all the actinic rays, and had a very pleasing 

 tone. A combined flash red and worked green glass, giv- 

 ing an orange-brown tone, was also provided. The glasses 

 themselves entirely eliminate the violet and ultra-violet 

 rays and were an absolute protection against snow-blind- 

 ness, but a more complete system of ventilation in the vul- 

 canised fibre cylinders was required. 



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