The history of scurvy and vitamin C
By: Kenneth J. Carpenter.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Scurvy -- History; Vitamin C -- History; Ascorbic Acid -- history; Scurvy -- history
Other titles: History of scurvy & vitamin C.
Description: Comprehensive account of one of the diseases - scurvy - which had most significant effects on the history of travel and exploration. Information is investigated on an historical basis, beginning in the middle ages and finishing with a discussion of recent mega-vitamin contentions. Includes a chapter on problems in the arctic.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 255-278.
Spine title: The history of scurvy & vitamin C.
Includes index.