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Article: Scurvy: the lemon saves the day on the high seas.
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- Esprit de Corps
- Article date:
- February 1, 2004
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Title: Scurvy." How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Gall
Author: Stephen R. Bown
Publisher: Thomas Allen Publishers
Price: $34.95 (hardcover)
Details: 254 pp, photos, index, bibliography, timeline, notes
ISBN: 1-5500-2454-X
"It rotted all my gums, which gave out a black and putrid blood. My thighs and lower legs were black and gangrenous, and I was forced to use my knife each day to cut into the flesh in order to release this black and foul blood. I also used my knife on my gums, which were livid and growing over my teeth ... Many of our people died of it every ...