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The Age of Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner and a Gentleman Helped Britain Win the Battle of Trafalgar
The Age of Scurvy How a Surgeon a Mariner and a Gentleman Helped Britain Win the Battle of Trafalgar
Author: Stephen R. Bown
From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, one dreaded foe was responsible for more deaths at sea than piracy, shipwreck and all other illnesses combined. This scourge of the seas was Scurvy. Countless mariners perished from an agonising death which began with bleeding gums, wobbly teeth and the opening of old wounds. Surgeon James Lind, sea ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781840244021
ISBN-10: 184024402X
Publication Date: 2/1/2005
Pages: 288
Edition: 2nd
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Publisher: Summersdale Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
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