Displaying 1 of 1 2004 Format: Book Author: Bown, Stephen R. Title: Scurvy : how a surgeon, a mariner, and a gentleman solved the greatest medical mystery of the age of sail / Stephen R. Bown. Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Matin's Press, 2004. Description: 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm Summary: Traces the discovery of the cure for scurvy by three determined individuals including a navy surgeon, a sea catain, and a charismatic gentleman, tracing the recorded history of the disease, along with its research and cure. Subjects: Scurvy -- History. Vitamin C -- History. Medicine -- History -- 18th century. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index. Contents: Prologue: A Medical mystery -- The eighteenth-century seafaring world: The age of scurvy -- Scurvy: The plague of the sea -- Disaster and victory in the South Seas: Lord Anson's terrible voyage -- Found and lost: The search for a cure begins -- An ounce of prevention: James Lind and the Salisbury Experiment -- Unwinding the knot: Rob and wort and the trials at sea -- Master mariner: James Cook's great voyages in the Pacific -- Man of influence: Gilbert Blane and the West Indies fleet -- Blockade: The defeat of scurvy and Napoleon -- Epilogue: The mystery solved. Web Site: Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2003058788 ISBN: 0312313918 9780312313913 0312313926 9780312313920 Other Number: 53091074 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 138737 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 616.394 Bown Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
