by Lucy Dale
€ 16.25
ISBN: 9781739154233
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.
96 pages.
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Date of Publication: 13/03/2025