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Medicine and the Corps
Through these documents you will understand how Captain Lewis had to acquire some basic medical skills in order to become the only « doctor » of the Corps
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  • Physician: médecin
  • To gather: réunir
  • Ailment: affection / maladie
  • Drug: médicament
  • Blistering: ampoule / cloque
  • Weak: faible
  • Bowels: intestin
  • Composure: calme / sang froid
  • To bury: enterrer
  • Grave: tombe
  • Bluff: falaise / promontoire
  • Deceased: décédé
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  • Meriwether Lewis was preparing for the expedition
  • He was buried with the honors of war
  • 20th of august 1804 was fixed at the head of his grave
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