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The Primus Stove at High Altitudes

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THE risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from Primus stoves, discussed by Prof. Yandell Henderson and Mr. J. McCullough Turner in NATURE of January 20, was realized at least eighteen years ago. The Mount Everest party of 1922 was warned about this, on Prof. Georges Dreyer's advice. He pointed out how the danger might be aggravated at high altitudes owing to oxygen scarcity, and consequently less complete combustion.

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UNNA, P. The Primus Stove at High Altitudes. Nature 145, 190–191 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145190b0

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