In 1762 he proposed a simple method of supplying ships with fresh water by distillation. In 1763 he published Two papers on fevers and infection, and in 1771, ...

In 1762 he proposed a simple method of supplying ships with fresh water by distillation (Lind 1762). In 1763 he published Two papers on fevers and infection ( ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lind promoted seamen taking baths, that ships be fumigated and ventilated, and that seamen be issued uniforms. He also advocated for improved diets with regular ...

Just 250 years ago James Lind, a Scottish naval surgeon, published his Treatise of the Scurvy. The disease in question was killing thousands of people every ...

James Lind has been described as the founding father of Naval Medicine. He is most remembered for conducting the first controlled clinical trial of different ...

19 окт. 2016 г. · October 2016 marks the tercentenary of the birth of James Lind, the Edinburgh alumnus who pioneered the use of citrus fruits to treat scurvy.

Lind's Treatise of the Scurvy (Lind 1753) is a good illustration of the basis for mid-18th century judgement and decision-making in at least two respects: ...