James Lind and scurvy / [Ralph Stockman].

  • Stockman, Ralph, 1861-1946.
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[1926]
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Credit: James Lind and scurvy / [Ralph Stockman]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    problems were all more or less directly connected with the naval medical service in which he is undoubtedly the most distinguished personality. It is a matter for regret that we possess so little record of his more intimate personal and mental characteristics, but he was certainly modest and un¬ assuming, and imbued with the true spirit of scientific inquiry. References. 1 A History of Haslar Hospital, by William Tait, Fleet-Surgeon. 2 Grant — The Story of the University of Edinburgh, vol. ii., p. 401. 3 Geographical a?id Historical Pathology, Trans. New Syd. Soc. 4 Observations on the Scurvy, 1792, 2nd Edit. 5 Observations on the Diseases of Seamen, 1803, 3rd Edit. 6 Select Dissertations, 1822. 7 Blane — Observations on the Diseases of Seamen, 3rd Edit. 8 Journ. Roy. Army Med. Corps, 1919, vol. xxxii. 9 Medicina Nautica, 1803, vol. iii., p. 387. 10 Observations on Diseases incident to Seamen, 1785, 1st Edit. 11 An Essay on the Scurvy, 1790, London. 12 London Med. fourn., 1785, vol. vi., p. 373. 13 A Treatise on the Scurvy, 1795, Edinburgh. 14 A?i Essay on the most effectual Means of preserving the Health of Seamen in the Royal Navy, 1762, 2nd Edit. 15 Philosoph. Transactions, 1776, vol. lxvi., p. 402. 16 Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus, lib. xvi., cap. 51, and lib. ix., cap. 38. 17 An Account of the Causes, Symptoms and Cure of the Distempers incident to Seafaring People, 1697, London, and Sea Diseases, 1696. 18 An Essay on the Scurvy. 19 Geographical and Historical Pathology, Trans. New Syd. Soc., vol. ii. 20 Scurvy Past and Present, 1920, Philadelphia and London PRINTED BY OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH