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Rent Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Published: Aug 2005
Genre: History - General
Retail Price: $21.99
Pages: 254
Synopsis
Traces the discovery of the cure for scurvy by three determined individuals, including a navy surgeon, a sea captain, and a charismatic gentleman, tracing the recorded history of the disease while discussing the factors that challenged the research and distribution of its cure.