Sea Sick : Lime Juice and Scurvy
by
Lucy Dale
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Spotlight series
ISBN-10
1739154231
ISBN-13
9781739154233
Publisher
National Maritime Museum
Imprint
National Maritime Museum
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 13th, 2025
Print length
96 Pages
Weight
196 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 17.70 x 0.90 cms
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Sea Sick: Lime Juice and Scurvy uses a seemingly unremarkable glass bottle as a jumping-off point for an exploration of the maritime world’s deadliest of diseases – scurvy – and the fascinating journey to find its cure.
This eighteenth-century glass bottle – and what it contained – represents an important step in the fight against a disease that once claimed the lives of millions: scurvy. Through notable voyages and afflicted individuals, the physical and psychological manifestations of the deadly ‘sickness of the sea’ are examined in a maritime context. What starts as a story of the often haphazard and ineffective efforts to find a cure becomes a tale of pioneering experiments and the eventual discovery of vitamin C. Sea Sick: Lime Juice and Scurvy is part of the Royal Museums Greenwich Spotlight series, accessible introductions to some of the most intriguing objects in the collection.
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