Scurvy How a Surgeon, a Mariner and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781840243574
Publisher: Summersdale
Imprint: Summersdale
Pub date:
DEWEY: 616.394009
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 284
Weight: 424g