| Description |
284 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 19 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Prologue. A medical mystery -- 1. The eighteenth-century seafaring world : the age of scurvy -- 2. Scurvy : the plague of the sea -- 3. Disaster and victory in the South Seas : Lord Anson's terrible voyage -- 4. Found and lost : the search for a cure begins -- 5. An ounce of prevention : James Lind and the 'Salisbury' experiment -- 6. Unwinding the knot : Rob and Wort and the trials at sea -- 7. Master mariner : James Cook's great voyages in the pacific -- 8. Man of influence : Gilbert Bane and the West Indies Fleet -- 9. Blockade : the defeat of scurvy and Napoleon -- Epilogue. The mystery solved -- Appendix. Vitamin C contained in common foods of the age of sail -- Timeline |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 279-284 |
| Subject |
Lind, James, 1716-1794.
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Cook, James, 1728-1779.
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Blane, Gilbert, Sir, 1749-1834.
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Scurvy -- History.
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Scurvy -- History -- 18th century.
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Scurvy -- Prevention -- History -- 18th century.
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Medicine, Naval -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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| ISBN |
0670041203 hardback |
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