James Lind, founder of nautical medicine
Series: [The Life of science library]
Publisher: Henry Schuman
Published: 1950
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 177
Copyright date: 1950
Subjects: Lind, James, 1716-1794; Medicine, Naval -- History
Notes: "Bibliography of James Lind": p. 157-163. "Sources of information": p. 164-168.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The early life of Lind and the making of a physician in eighteenth century Scotland; title: A surgeon in the navy of King George II; title: Scurvy : the sea plague; title: The conquest of scurvy; title: Laying the foundations of naval hygiene; title: Fresh water and salt water; title: A pioneer of tropical medicine; title: The First Physician of the Royal Hospital at Haslar; title: Death, honors and appraisal of achievement; title: Bibliography of James Lind, M.D.; title: Sources of information; title: A brief chronology of events in the general, naval, and medical history of the eighteenth century and the life of Lind