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Limeys: The True Story of One Man's War Against Ignorance, the Establishment and the Deadly Scurvy
Limeys The True Story of One Man's War Against Ignorance the Establishment and the Deadly Scurvy
Author: David I. Harvie
In 1740, Commodore George Anson left Portsmouth with seven ships and nearly 2,000 men. He returned four years later with under 600. Only four were killed by the enemy; the rest died not as the result of war, weather or misnavigation, but of scurvy. Limeys is the dramatic history of Dr. James Lind's heroic efforts to find a cure for this 'dreaded...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780750927727
ISBN-10: 0750927720
Publication Date: 1/1/2002
Pages: 320
Edition: illustrated edition
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Publisher: The History Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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