Author: Bown, Stephen R. Title: Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail.
Description: Melbourne Viking / Penguin Books, 2003. Australian ed. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white illustrations, maps, minor edgewear. 284 pp. This book is both a history and a detective story. It is about class, wilful ignorance and ludicrous decision-making, and about how a cure for scurvy (good nutrition) was found, ignored, lost, and finally implemented to the great benefit of all seafaring nations. ISBN: 0670041203
Keywords: health, medicine, scurvy, history, maritime, nutrition, britain 0670041203
Price: AUD 20.00 = appr. US$ 13.84 Seller: Bookhome Sydney
- Book number: 27214
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