Scurvy: The Disease of Discovery

by Jonathan Lamb

Book Overview

An intellectual history of scurvy in the eighteenth century

Scurvy--a disease usually associated with long stretches of maritime travel--generated extraordinary sensations. Eyes dazzled, skin was morbidly sensitive, emotions veered between disgust and delight. In this book, Jonathan Lamb presents an intellectual history of scurvy unlike any other, probing its cultural impact during the eighteenth-century age of geographic and scientific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691182930
• ISBN13: 9780691182933
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.0"