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A Mystery Wilderness & Environmental Medicine A. Kathleen McCue, MD, FACEP Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 156-159 (June 2007) DOI: 10.1580/06-WEME-CI-061.1 Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Rash—photo by Annette Siemens, NP, Dutch Harbor, AK. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2007 18, 156-159DOI: (10.1580/06-WEME-CI-061.1) Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Rash—photo by Annette Siemens, NP, Dutch Harbor, AK. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2007 18, 156-159DOI: (10.1580/06-WEME-CI-061.1) Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Tense bullae—courtesy of Emergency Department, Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2007 18, 156-159DOI: (10.1580/06-WEME-CI-061.1) Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Heracleum lanatum (Cow parsnip)—photo by Ken Zafren, MD. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2007 18, 156-159DOI: (10.1580/06-WEME-CI-061.1) Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions