Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail - Hardcover
- PublisherViking
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0670041203
- ISBN 13 9780670041206
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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Scurvy : How a Surgeon, a Mariner and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail
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Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First. 284 pp. A little creasing to upper edge of dustjacket. Faint yellowing to edges of text block and outer page margins. All else as new. "This 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 was found, ignored, lost, and finally implemented to the great benefit of all seafaring nations." Size: 12mo. Seller Inventory # 005847
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Australian Edition. 284pp, b/w ills, three maps, bibliography, index. Light wear at the spine by the publications page. Or cl boards in dust-jacket. A cure for scurvey had 'eluded doctors and philosophers since the time of the ancient Greeks, but in the late 18th century the surgeon James Lind, the great sea captain James Cook and the physician Sir Gilber Blane, undertook to crack the riddle of scurvey. Their timely discovery irrevocably altered the course of world history'. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 015430
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Book Description Hardback. In the days of the tall ships, one dreaded foe was responsible for more deaths at sea than piracy, shipwreck and all other illnesses combined. Cruelly culling sailors and stunting maritime enterprise from Vasco da Gama to Sir Francis Drake, this plague of the seas was scurvy. Countless mariners perished from the disease in agony; their early symptoms included bleeding gums, wobbly teeth and the opening of old wounds. A cure had eluded doctors and philosophers since the time of the ancient Greeks, but in the late eighteenth century the surgeon James Lind, the great sea captain James Cook and the physician Sir Gilbert Blane, undertook to crack the riddle of scurvy. Their timely discovery, just as Napoleon was mobilising for the conquest of Europe, solved the greatest medical mystery of the Age of Sail and irrevocably altered the course of world history. 2003. First edition, first printing. A very good copy only marked by light rubbing to the spine ends and a previous owners name stamp to the front free endpaper. The d/w is near fine with only faint tanning to the top edge. Seller Inventory # 14065041
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Book Description 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. Seller Inventory # 27214
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