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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Guly H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3060344 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Death from exposure to cold has been recognised for thousands of years but hypothermia as a clinical condition was not generally recognised until the mid-20th century and then only in extreme conditions such as immersion in cold water or snow. In the UK, hypothermia in less extreme conditions was not generally recognised until the 1960s. Recognition of hypothermia required the temperature to be measured and this did not become a clinical tool until the late 1800s and it was not used routinely un ...[more]