![]() ![]() At forty-one, he was one of the oldest men in the expedition and had the most experience in polar exploration. In 1901, the year he was appointed senior surgeon to Scott’s Discovery Expedition, Koettlitz was forty-one years of age, four years older than Robert Falcon Scott and twelve years senior to his assistant surgeon, Edward A. This seems justified since books devoted to Scott and the Discovery Expedition as well as the biographies and writings of Edward Wilson contain only scant references to Koettlitz. Jones’s recent biography of Reginald Koettlitz bears the title Scott’s Forgotten Surgeon. This article addresses doctors Koettlitz and Atkinson and their experiences in Antarctica.Īubrey A. The senior surgeon aboard the Terra Nova was Edward Leicester Atkinson. On the Terra Nova Expedition, Wilson served as the chief scientist and not in the capacity of a surgeon. ![]() Wilson’s title was assistant surgeon, zoologist, and artist. Reginald Koettlitz (1860 – 1916), the expedition’s senior surgeon, botanist, and bacteriologist. When Edward Adrian Wilson first went to the Antarctic aboard the Discovery he was officially the assistant surgeon to Dr. Reginald Koettlitz: geologist, explorer, and Scott’s Forgotten Surgeon January 29, 2017 ![]()
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