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02933aim a2200457Ka 4500 001 1222DAA6D52911E08DF8BCE26AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110902010136 006 m d 007 sz usnnnn|||ed 007 cr nna|||||||| 008 071003s2004 caunnn h eng d 035 $a (OCoLC)173649142 040 $a TEFOD $c TEFOD $d SILO $d OCLCQ $d JIC $d JIN $d SILO 050 14 $a RC627.S36 $b B694 2004ab 082 04 $a 616.3/94/009 $2 22 100 1 $a Bown, Stephen R. 245 1 $a Scurvy $h [electronic resource] : $b how a surgeon, a mariner, and a gentleman solved the greatest medical mystery of the age of sail / $c Stephen R. Bown. 260 $a [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : $b Phoenix Books, $c 2004. 300 $a 1 sound file () : $b digital 306 $a 080035 538 $a Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 115142 KB; MP3 file size: 225728 KB). 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 500 $a Downloadable audio file. 500 $a Title from: Title details screen. 500 $a Unabridged. 511 0 $a Read by Dan Cashman. 500 $a Duration: 8:00:35. 520 $a A lively recounting of how three determined individuals overcame the constraints of 18th century thinking to solve the greatest medical mystery of their era. The cure for scurvy ranks among the greatest of military successes, yet its impact on history has mostly been ignored. Stephen Bown, in this engaging and often gripping book, searches back to the earliest recorded appearance of scurvy in the 16th century, to the 18th century, when the disease was at its gum-shred, bone-snapping worst, to the early 19th century, when the preventative was finally put into service. Bown introduces us, among others, to James Lind, navy surgeon and medical detective, whose research on the disease spawned the implementation of the cure; Captain James Cook, who successfully avoided scurvy on his epic voyages; and Gilbert Blane, whose social status and charisma won over the British Navy and saved England. Scurvy is a medical detective story for the ages, a fascinating and often maddening examination of how a preventative for scurvy, the "scourge of the seas", was found, ignored, and finally implemented to the great benefit of all seafaring nations. 650 0 $a Scurvy $x History. 650 0 $a Vitamin C $x History. 655 0 $a Audiobooks. 700 1 $a Cashman, Dan. 776 1 $c Original $z 9781590075562 $w (OCoLC)54783535 856 40 $u http://wilbor.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=990AF145-7CD2-4F3A-BF41-717D4F8B714E 856 4 $3 Excerpt $u http://excerpts.contentreserve.com/FormatType-25/1314-1/130949-Scurvy.wma 856 4 $3 Excerpt $u http://excerpts.contentreserve.com/FormatType-425/1314-1/130949-Scurvy.mp3 941 $a 1 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20110902011051.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1222DAA6D52911E08DF8BCE26AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b JINInitiate Another SILO Locator Search