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Lind’s discovery that food rich in vitamin C provided a cure for scurvy spurred England’s subsequent naval supremacy and putatively changed the course of history.
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Early works to 1800, Scurvy, Therapy, Prevention & control, Vitamin c, Avitaminosis, Scorbut, Ouvrages avant 1800Times
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Table of Contents
PART I.
Preliminary Discourses.
Page Page
CHAP. I.
A Critical history of the different accounts of this disease
Page 1
CHAP. II.
Of the several divisions of this disease, viz. into scurvies cold and hot, acid and alcaline, &c.
Page 17
CHAP. III.
Of the distinction commonly made into a land and sea scurvy
Page 29
CHAP. IV.
Of the scurvy being connate, hereditary, and infectious
Page 40
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PART II.
CHAP. I.
The true causes of the disease, from observations made upon it, both at sea and land
Page 44
CHAP. II.
The diagnostics, or symptoms
Page 98
CHAP. III.
The prognostics
Page 129
CHAP. IV.
The prophylaxis, or means of preventing this disease, especially at sea
Page 138
CHAP. V.
The cure of the disease, and its symptoms
Page 194
CHAP. VI.
The theory
Page 226
CHAP. VII.
Dissections
Page 239
CHAP. VIII.
The nature of the symptoms, deduced and explained from the foregoing theory and dissections
Page 245
CHAP. IX.
The supplement
Page 256
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PART III.
CHAP. I.
Passages in ancient authors, supposed to refer to the scurvy; together with the first accounts of it
Page 283
CHAP. II.
Bibliotheca scorbutica: or, A chronological view of what has hitherto been published on the scurvy
Page 302
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POSTSCRIPT.
SECT I.
Appearances on dissection of scorbutic bodies
Page 495
SECT II.
Effects of the scurvy on other diseases
Page 504
SECT III.
State of the blood and secretions in the scurvy
Page 511
SECT IV.
Observations on the causes productive of the scurvy
Page 516
SECT V.
The cure
Page 520
SECT VI.
Further observations on the cure. Conclusion
Page 533
Appendix
Page 545
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indices.
ESTC, T149729
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