Scurvy : how a surgeon, a mariner and a gentleman solved the greatest medical mystery of the age of sail
Bown, Stephen R.2021
Book
In the days of tall ships, scurvy killed more mariners than any other illness. James Lind, James Cook and Sir Gilbert Blane undertook to solve the riddle of scurvy. Their achievements heralded a new age and cracked the greatest medical mystery of the age of sail.
Main title:
Author:
Bown, Stephen R., author
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2021.
Collation:
272 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Chichester: Summersdale, 2003.
ISBN:
9780750997409 (pbk)
Dewey class:
616.394009
Language:
English
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BRN:
3195501