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Scurvy

Author : Stephen Bown
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750999217
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Scurvy written by Stephen Bown and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-11-17 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Age of Sail scurvy was responsible for more deaths at sea than piracy, shipwreck and all other illnesses, and its cure ranks among the greatest of military successes – yet its impact on history has mostly been ignored. Stephen Bown searches back to the earliest recorded appearance of scurvy in the sixteenth century, to the eighteenth century when the disease was at its gum-shredding, bone-snapping worst, and to the early nineteenth century, when the preventative was finally put into service. Bown introduces us to James Lind, the navy surgeon and medical detective, whose research on the disease spawned the implementation of the cure; Captain James Cook, who successfully avoided scurvy on his epic voyages; and Gilbert Blane, whose social status and charisma won over the British Navy. Scurvy is a lively recounting of how three determined individuals overcame the constraints of eighteenth-century thinking to solve the greatest medical mystery of their era.

Scurvy

Author : Jonathan Lamb
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691182930
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Scurvy written by Jonathan Lamb and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intellectual history of scurvy in the eighteenth century Scurvy—a disease usually associated with long stretches of maritime travel—generated extraordinary sensations. Eyes dazzled, skin was morbidly sensitive, emotions veered between disgust and delight. In this book, Jonathan Lamb presents an intellectual history of scurvy unlike any other, probing its cultural impact during the eighteenth-century age of geographic and scientific discovery. Drawing on historical accounts from scientists and voyagers as well as major literary works, Lamb explains the medical knowledge surrounding scurvy and the debates about its cause, prevention, and attempted cures. He argues that a “culture” of scurvy arose in the colony of Australia, which was prey to the disease in its early years, and identifies a literature of scurvy in the works of such figures as Herman Melville, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Francis Bacon, and Jonathan Swift. Masterful and illuminating, Scurvy shows how eighteenth-century journeys of discovery not only ventured outward to the ends of the earth, but were also an inward voyage into the realms of sensation and passion.

The History of Scurvy and Vitamin C

Author : Kenneth J. Carpenter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521347730
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book The History of Scurvy and Vitamin C written by Kenneth J. Carpenter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988-04-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a survey of the fascinating history of the various ideas and theories causing scurvy.

A Treatise on the Scurvy

Author : James Lind
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN 13 : 9780353190269
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book A Treatise on the Scurvy written by James Lind and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-11-10 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Vitamin C Fortification of Food Aid Commodities

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309059992
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Vitamin C Fortification of Food Aid Commodities written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-02-02 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Carotenoids

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309069491
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Carotenoids written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-08-27 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the newest release in the authoritative series of quantitative estimates of nutrient intakes to be used for planning and assessing diets for healthy people. Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) is the newest framework for an expanded approach developed by U.S. and Canadian scientists. This book discusses in detail the role of vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, and the carotenoids in human physiology and health. For each nutrient the committee presents what is known about how it functions in the human body, which factors may affect how it works, and how the nutrient may be related to chronic disease. Dietary Reference Intakes provides reference intakes, such as Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs), for use in planning nutritionally adequate diets for different groups based on age and gender, along with a new reference intake, the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL), designed to assist an individual in knowing how much is "too much" of a nutrient.

Limeys

Author : David I. Harvie
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Limeys written by David I. Harvie and published by Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1740, Commodore George Anson left Portsmouth with seven ships and nearly 2,000 men. He returned four years later with under 600. Only four were killed by the enemy; the rest died not as the result of war, weather or misnavigation, but of scurvy. Limeys is the dramatic history of Dr. James Lind's heroic efforts to find a cure for this 'dreaded disease' in the face of the corrosive patronage and establishment antipathy of the times. In the three centuries prior to 1800, it has been estimated that scurvy killed at least two million sailors. It was characterised by rotting gums, foetid breath, swelling limbs, malaise and hemorrhaging. Desperate men took any 'cure' offered - urine mouthwashes, sulphuric acid, bloodletting, even burial up to the neck in sand. Most died. In 1747 Lind, a Scottish Naval Surgeon, conducted the first practical medical research to find a cure. He recommended lemons, oranges and their juice. Yet he was unable to penetrate the Admiralty high-mindedness, or to persuade them to enforce the fruits' universal application. Only in 1795, when court physician Gilbert Blane championed Lind's work, were the Sea Lords persuaded to act. But by then, James Lind had been dead for a year and thousands had needlessly perished. From sailors, citrus fruits and 'Limeys' to the birth of Rose's Lime Juice Cordial, the world's first soft drink, this book tells the extraordinary, graphic and compelling story of the epic quest to conquer one of mankind's most terrible diseases.

Scurvy Dogs

Author : Kevin Frank
Publisher : Kane/Miller Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781610674591
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book Scurvy Dogs written by Kevin Frank and published by Kane/Miller Book Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laugh-out-loud funny! Perfect read aloud and a wonderful companion to any story time circle. Graphic novel format introduces visual storytelling alongside humorous dialog and plot.This fully illustrated middle grade graphic novel for kids who like silly books will take you on a swashbuckling journey like no other! Join a comical cast of backyard pets - Captain Hooktail, First Mate Chubs, Helmsman Patch and Tinkles - as they hunt for treasure (at the local butshop) and fight with sworn enemies (alley cats!).

Hoosh

Author : Jason C. Anthony
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803244746
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Hoosh written by Jason C. Anthony and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antarctica, the last place on Earth, is not famous for its cuisine. Yet it is famous for stories of heroic expeditions in which hunger was the one spice everyone carried. At the dawn of Antarctic cuisine, cooks improvised under inconceivable hardships, castaways ate seal blubber and penguin breasts while fantasizing about illustrious feasts, and men seeking the South Pole stretched their rations to the breaking point. Today, Antarctica’s kitchens still wait for provisions at the far end of the planet’s longest supply chain. Scientific research stations serve up cafeteria fare that often offers more sustenance than style. Jason C. Anthony, a veteran of eight seasons in the U.S. Antarctic Program, offers a rare workaday look at the importance of food in Antarctic history and culture. Anthony’s tour of Antarctic cuisine takes us from hoosh (a porridge of meat, fat, and melted snow, often thickened with crushed biscuit) and the scurvy-ridden expeditions of Shackleton and Scott through the twentieth century to his own preplanned three hundred meals (plus snacks) for a two-person camp in the Transantarctic Mountains. The stories in Hoosh are linked by the ingenuity, good humor, and indifference to gruel that make Anthony’s tale as entertaining as it is enlightening.

The Pirates of Scurvy Sands

Author : Jonny Duddle
Publisher : Templar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178741356X
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (874 download)

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Download or read book The Pirates of Scurvy Sands written by Jonny Duddle and published by Templar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This summer, Matilda is going on holiday with her friends, the Jolley-Rogers. Their destination is the island of Scurvy Sands - a favourite holiday destination for pirates. When Matilda arrives, the swashbuckling residents are not too impressed with her. She has clean teeth, tidy clothes and doesn't smell like she's been at sea for six months without washing - she's definitely no pirate. But when Matilda discovers the secret of the legendary treasure of Scurvy Sands, the pirates decide that maybe some lubbers aren't so bad. A scurvy sequel to the bestselling The Pirates Next Door.

Scurvy

Author : Stephen R. Bown
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312313918
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Scurvy written by Stephen R. Bown and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-03-17 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Scurvy, Past and Present

Author : Alfred F. Hess
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Scurvy, Past and Present written by Alfred F. Hess and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-31 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Scurvy, Past and Present" by Alfred F. Hess. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Studies on Scurvy

Author : Arthur William Meyer
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies on Scurvy written by Arthur William Meyer and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1928 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scurvy

Author : Jonathan Lamb
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400884543
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Scurvy written by Jonathan Lamb and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intellectual history of scurvy in the eighteenth century Scurvy, a disease often associated with long stretches of maritime travel, generated sensations exceeding the standard of what was normal. Eyes dazzled, skin was morbidly sensitive, emotions veered between disgust and delight. In this book, Jonathan Lamb presents an intellectual history of scurvy unlike any other, probing the speechless encounter with powerful sensations to tell the story of the disease that its victims couldn't because they found their illness too terrible and, in some cases, too exciting. Drawing on historical accounts from scientists and voyagers as well as major literary works, Lamb traces the cultural impact of scurvy during the eighteenth-century age of geographical and scientific discovery. He explains the medical knowledge surrounding scurvy and the debates about its cause, prevention, and attempted cures. He vividly describes the phenomenon and experience of "scorbutic nostalgia," in which victims imagined mirages of food, water, or home, and then wept when such pleasures proved impossible to consume or reach. Lamb argues that a culture of scurvy arose in the colony of Australia, which was prey to the disease in its early years, and identifies a literature of scurvy in the works of such figures as Herman Melville, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Francis Bacon, and Jonathan Swift. Masterful and illuminating, Scurvy shows how the journeys of discovery in the eighteenth century not only ventured outward to the ends of the earth, but were also an inward voyage into the realms of sensation and passion.

Scurvy, Past and Present

Author : Alfred F. Hess
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Scurvy, Past and Present written by Alfred F. Hess and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

On the Prevention of Scurvy, in prisons, pauper lunatic asylums, &c. ... From the London Medical Gazette, etc

Author : William BALY (M.D.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book On the Prevention of Scurvy, in prisons, pauper lunatic asylums, &c. ... From the London Medical Gazette, etc written by William BALY (M.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ejim

Author : Rtj Cappers
Publisher : Barkhuis
ISBN 13 : 9077922865
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (779 download)

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Download or read book Ejim written by Rtj Cappers and published by Barkhuis. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 3 of eJIM, the eJournal of Indian Medicine. eJIM is a multidisciplinary periodical that publishes studies on South Asian medical systems by qualified scholars in philology, medicine, pharmacology, botany, anthropology and sociology.