Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, & a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail Book

Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, & a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail, Scurvy took a terrible toll in the Age of Sail, killing more sailors than were lost in all sea battles combined. The threat of the disease kept ships close to home and doomed those vessels that ventured too far from port. The willful ignorance of the, Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail

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Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail
Written by author Stephen R. Bown
Published by St. Martin's Press, 8/1/2005
Scurvy took a terrible toll in the Age of Sail, killing more sailors than were lost in all sea battles combined. The threat of the disease kept ships close to home and doomed those vessels that ventured too far from port. The willful ignorance of the

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Prologue: A Medical Mystery 1

1 The Eighteenth-Century Seafaring World: The Age of Scurvy 9

2 Scurvy: The Plague of the Sea 27

3 Disaster and Victory in the South Seas: Lord Anson's Terrible Voyage 47

4 Found and Lost: The Search for a Cure Begins 71

5 An Ounce of Prevention: James Lind and the Salisbury Experiment 87

6 Unwinding the Knot: Rob and Wort and the Trials at Sea 113

7 Master Mariner: James Cook's Great Voyages in the Pacific 133

8 Man of Influence: Gilbert Blane and the West Indies Fleet 163

9 Blockade: The Defeat of Scurvy and Napoleon 185

Epilogue: The Mystery Solved 211

App Vitamin C Contained in Common Foods of the Age of Sail 219

Timeline 223

A Note on Sources and Further Reading 231

Bibliography 239

Acknowledgements 245

Index 247

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	Prologue: A Medical Mystery	1
1	The Eighteenth-Century Seafaring World: The Age of Scurvy	9
2	Scurvy: The Plague of the Sea	27
3	Disaster and Victory in the South Seas: Lord Anson's Terrible Voyage	47
4	Found and Lost: The Search for a Cure Begins	71
5	An Ounce of Prevention: James Lind and the Salisbury Experiment	87
6	Unwinding the Knot: Rob and Wort and the Trials at Sea	113
7	Master Mariner: James Cook's Great Voyages in the Pacific	133
8	Man of Influence: Gilbert Blane and the West Indies Fleet	163
9	Blockade: The Defeat of Scurvy and Napoleon	185
	Epilogue: The Mystery Solved	211
App	Vitamin C Contained in Common Foods of the Age of Sail	219
	Timeline	223
	A Note on Sources and Further Reading	231
	Bibliography	239
	Acknowledgements	245
	Index	247