IngentaConnect An Inquiry into the Nature, Causes, and Cure of the Scurvy

Author: Lind, James

Source: The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings, The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings , pp. 20-23(4)

Publisher: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Abstract:

This is a section of the book The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings. Edited by four eminent epidemiologists, this book consolidates, for the first time, a core of landmark articles on the evolution, scope and limitations, uses, and prospects of epidemiology. An outstanding feature of the book is the inclusion of the editors' assessments of the realm of epidemiology, where it is and where it should be going. It represents a useful tool for both students and practicing professionals and provides a much-needed frame of reference for reorienting the practice of epidemiology. The book is a collection of 91 articles, grouped in five parts. This historical article discusses about James Lind's observation and research of the disease scurvy as he traveled on sea. This article names and explains factors that contribute to the nature and causes of the disease (the wet climate and the poor diets of the sailors); and then briefly describes the experiments Lind conducted to find a prevention/cure to the disease.

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