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Scurvy on sea and land: political economy and natural history, c . 1780– c . 1850
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From the late eighteenth century, the ways in which scurvy was understood changed in consequence of the abandonment of humoral pathology and the adoption of a new causal framework informed by nervous physiology. Although there was some narrowing of the etiological framework around dietary deficiency in the wake of the navy's success with the issue of citrus juices, this was rarely to the exclusion of predisposing causes such as fatigue, weather and flagging spirits. Within the navy, the pe...
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- 10.1080/21533369.2013.783167
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- Routledge Publisher's website
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- Journal for Maritime Research Journal website
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- 15
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 7-25
- Publication date:
- 2013-01-01
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1469-1957
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2153-3369
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- Harrison, M
- Copyright date:
- 2013
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Copyright © 2013 The Author(s). Published by Routledge.
This is an Open Access article. Non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way, is permitted. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted.
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