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Notes on the Prevention and Treatment of “Spekk Finger”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Kåre Rodahl
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Spekk finger is the Norwegian name for a condition which is confined to people engaged in Arctic sealing. The word indicates that the disease has its origin from the blubber of seals and other mammals.

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Polar Record , Volume 4 , Issue 25 , January 1943 , pp. 17 - 18
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1943

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page 17 note 1 Höygaard, A., Lancet, 01 28, 1939, p. 246.Google Scholar

page 17 note 2 Mathiesen, A. F., Häupl, K. and Thjötta, Th., Über den Speckfinger, Oslo, 1935Google Scholar. [Owing to war conditions it has not been possible to consult this paper during the preparation of these notes. No copy appears to be available in England.]

page 18 note 1 A chemical disinfectant used in streptococcal infection.—Ed.