The history of scurvy and vitamin C

Description:

Comprehensive account of one of the diseases - scurvy - which had most significant effects on the history of travel and exploration. Information is investigated on an historical basis, beginning in the middle ages and finishing with a discussion of recent mega-vitamin contentions. Includes a chapter on problems in the arctic.

subjects: Ascorbic Acid,  Vitamin C,  Scurvy,  History,  Vitamin therapy