Centre for Maritime Historical Studies
Rasor Bibliography
View entry no. 2685
Full entry text:
Bown, Stephen R. Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail. Toronto: Allen, 2003, 254 pp. James Lind, James Cook & Gilbert Blane.
Categories:
18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Cook, James; health; scurvy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Cook, James, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency