- Taschenbuch: 323 Seiten
- Verlag: The History Press; Auflage: New edition (21. Juli 2005)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0750939931
- ISBN-13: 978-0750939935
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,2 x 12,8 x 2,6 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 968.300 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Limeys is the dramatic history of Dr James Lind's super-human efforts to find a cure for scurvy in the face of prejudice and political and establishment antipathy. Today Lime Juice Cordial from Cadbury-Schweppes is enjoyed not only by sailors, but by millions worldwide as the world's first ever soft drink.
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In 1740, Commander George Anson left Portsmouth with seven ships and nearly 2,000 men. He returned three years later with less than 600. Only four had been killed by the enemy; the rest of these deaths were not the result of war, weather or misnavigation, but of scurvy. Limeys is the dramatic history of Dr James Lind's super-human efforts to find a cure for this dreaded disease in the face of prejudice and political and establishment antipathy. In the three centuries prior to 1800, it has been estimated that scurvy killed at least two million sailors. It was characterised by rotting gums, foetid breath, swelling limbs, malaise and haemorraghing. Desperate men took any 'cure' offered - common purging or cupping, urine mouthwashes, ingestion of sulphuric acid, spruce beer or sauerkraut, even burial up to the neck in sand. Most died. In 1747 Lind, a Scottish surgeon who sailed with the Royal Navy, became the first to prove the efficacy of citrus juice in combating the disease. Yet he was unable to penetrate the high-minded disregard of those in authority, or to persuade them to enforce the universal application of fruit.Thousands needlessly died and it was 1795 before the findings were accepted. By this time, James Lind had been dead for a year. Today Lime Juice Cordial from Cadbury-Schweppes is enjoyed not only by ailing sailors, but by millions worldwide as the world's first ever soft drink.
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14. Mai 2007
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Given the current obsession with food quality and nutrition, this timely book addresses the problem of vitamin deficiency and the quest for a cure for scurvy over the recent past. Long sea voyages by early explorers created many problems for the crews, not least of which was the debilitating effects of scurvy. Frequently fatal, symptoms included rotting of teeth, swelling of limbs and loss of blood. The story of the solution to the problem was suspected for many years as the lack of fresh fruit and vegetables, but why did it take so long to finally solve the affliction? The story is well told by Harvie, and of course is intimately linked to the development of new ways of preserving food for those long sea voyages. One outcome was the development of lime juice, hence the title of the book. But the problem recurred at the turn of the 20th century in expeditions to the arctic and antarctic, and it is thought that scurvy affected Captain Scott in his final fatal trip. It was not until the 1920's that the active ingredient , vitamin C, was isolated that the problem was finally solved. This story deserves retelling, and Harvie makes a good contribution to popularising the account. When will we see similar accounts of the conquest of rickets (vitamn D deficiency) and beri-beri (vitamin B deficiency)?
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