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Scurvy, Past and Present

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Scurvy, Past and Present

Alfred F. Hess

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Sailors died of scurvy within reach of the cure for four centuries before anyone isolated why. Alfred Hess traces the disease from its maritime history to the antiscorbutic vitamine, through pathology, experimental studies, and cases in modern cities. Written at the very moment vitamin C was coming into focus. Watch a medical mystery close.

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26 chapters

  1. 1SCURVY PAST AND PRESENT
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3CONTENTS
  4. 4ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5TABLES
  6. 6SCURVY PAST AND PRESENT CHAPTER I HISTORY OF SCURVY1
  7. 7CHAPTER II PATHOGENESIS AND ETIOLOGY
  8. 8CHAPTER III THE ANTISCORBUTIC VITAMINE22
  9. 9CHAPTER IV PATHOLOGY
  10. 10MICROSCOPIC PATHOLOGY
  11. 11ALIMENTARY TRACT
  12. 12CHAPTER V EXPERIMENTAL SCURVY
  13. 13CHAPTER VI ANTISCORBUTIC FOODS
  14. 14FRUIT JUICES
  15. 15VEGETABLES
  16. 16CONCLUSIONS
  17. 17CHAPTER VII SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS
  18. 18DIAGNOSIS

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