Title: The history of scurvy and 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.
Subjects: Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin C, Scurvy, History, Vitamin therapy