4 окт. 2016 г. · His reported experiment on board a naval ship in 1747 showed that oranges and lemons were a cure for scurvy. But why did the Royal Navy, which ...

Limeys is the dramatic history of Dr James Lind's heroic efforts to find a cure for the dreaded disease of scurvy in the face of the corrosive patronage and ...

Lind thought that scurvy was due to putrefaction of the body that could be helped by acids, so he included an acidic dietary supplement in the experiment. This ... Early life · Legacy · Prevention and cure of scurvy · Family

Lind carried out what has since been recognized as the first randomized clinical trial, on board the Royal Navy ship Salisbury in 1747. After two months at sea, ...

18 сент. 2024 г. · In 1753 Scottish naval surgeon James Lind showed that scurvy could be cured and prevented by ingestion of the juice of oranges and lemons. Soon ...

20 мая 2018 г. · James Lind, the ship surgeon of the HMS Salisbury, conducted one of the first clinical trials in medical history and thereby finding a cure for scurvy.

His report of a prospective controlled therapeutic trial in 1747 preceded by a half-century the British Navy's prevention and cure of scurvy by citrus fruits.

James Lind was a surgeon's mate in the 18th century. He witnessed the effects of scurvy and ran the first recorded clinical trial in an attempt to find a cure.

As to the therapy of scurvy, he inserted letters from four naval surgeons relating a total of 232 patients with the disease who were cured with fruit juices ...