Title
A treatise of the scurvy, in three parts containing an inquiry into the nature, causes, and cure, of that disease : together with a critical and chronological view of what has been published on the subject
Title Variants
Alternative:
Lind on the scurvy
By
Lind, James, 1716-1794
, author
Millar, Andrew, 1705-1768
, bookseller
W. Sands, A. Murray And J. Cochran
, printer
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Edinburgh, Printed by Sands, Murray and Cochran, MDCCLIII [1753]
Notes
Page 157 misnumbered 175
Signatures: [a]⁴ b⁴ A-3L⁴
Dibner Library. Heralds of science (1980 edition), | 126
Born in Edinburgh, with family connections to the local medical profession, James Lind (1716-94) went on to spend nine years at sea as a surgeon for the Royal Navy. His service made him familiar with one of the most common and debilitating ailments of the eighteenth century. Scurvy posed a particular problem for Britain, an island nation seeking to assert itself overseas through its navy. The symptoms of the disease had been recognised for centuries, but the causes remained elusive. First published in 1753, Lind's treatise explores the topic thoroughly, weighing the evidence and presenting a theory of the disease's aetiology, suggesting methods of prevention and treatment, and also discussing previous work on the subject, including ancient texts. Lind provided the groundwork for later investigations, his research lending support to the later practice of including the juice of citrus fruit in a sailor's diet, even though vitamin deficiency was not yet understood
Subjects
18th century
,
Early works to 1800
,
History
,
Scurvy
Call Number
RC627.S36 L74 1753
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
10925967
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