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Scurvy is known to be one of the most gruesome pathological phenomena that, in the course of centuries, has made innumerable victims. Long distance seafaring operations, war zones, prisons and crop failures all created breeding grounds for the vitamin C deficiency disease, which was commonly characterized by swelling and bleeding gums and internal haemorraghes in the limbs. While the history of scurvy is rather well-known from a Western perspective, the higher proclivity of Asian peoples to scurvy, in comparison to Europeans, Polynesians and other peoples, as proven in recent biochemical studies, compells historians to broaden that horizon and look for scurvy in China and beyond. The purpose of this book is to trace the history of the disease in China, Japan and Southeast Asia and to highlight the ways in which peoples from these regions in pre-modern and early modern times dealt with provisioning in their seafaring and military enterprises. This cross-cultural quest for scurvy and food supplies, involving such areas as maritime and military history and the medical traditions from East and West, is ultimately meant as an attempt to elucidate whether historical sources can confirm the biochemical findings. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Skin & Allergy News, published by International Medical News Group on April 1, 2009. The length of the article is 574 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Case of the month.(scurvy)(Disease/Disorder overview)(Case study)(Clinical report)
Author: Sherry Boschert
Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2009
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 40Issue: 4Page: 63(2)

Article Type: Case study, Clinical report, Disease/Disorder overview

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
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National Library of Medicine

N018660

With a half-title.

Rochester : printed at the Phoenix Printing-Office, by W. Gillman. Sold by G. and T. Wilkie, London, 1788. vi,[2],168[i.e.277];[2],24p. ; 8° ... Read more

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Info Trail for ages 5-11: *Enthuses all readers with attention-grabbing titles, engaging humour and inventive topics to inspire excellence and enjoyment in learning.*Provides broad and rich cross-curricular content linked to History, Geography and Science with many matches to National Curriculum and QCA topics.*Provides excellent models for writing with coverage of all NLS non-fiction text types pupils need to experience and understand.*Especially motivates and supports reluctant readers through supportive illustrations and Access texts for ages 9-11.*Promotes valuable awareness of community and citizenship through many titles based around community, environment and health. *Simple integration of assessment for learning into class teaching is provided in the Teaching Notes which ensure children's reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level. *Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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Countway Library of Medicine

N012169

With a half-title.

London : printed for the author; and sold by Vernor and Hood, 1794. xv,[1],xlii,558p. ; 8° ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Printed for W. Owen in 1760 in 352 pages; Description: In this is : Dr. Speed's Commentary of sea-water and An account of the nature, properties, and uses of all the remarkable mineral waters in Great Britain, by an eminent physician (t.p.) and A treatise on the nature, properties and medicinal uses of the waters ... from Dr. Wall's observations (London, 1762).; Subjects: Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism; ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: C. Micklewright in 1753 in 71 pages; Subjects: History / General; Health & Fitness / Vitamins; Medical / History; ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Medical / Oncology; Health ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (1)

Delightful read in the vein of similar children's books on Darwin
I found Sea Cows, Shamans, and Scurvy to be an ideal fit for our little homeschool unit study on explorers, navigation and natural history. We needed a change from tales of American and British explorers and hadn't read much about Siberia previously so this fit the bill. I picked this title by chance from our library and was quickly attracted by its highly readable language and quirky pen and ink illustrations. Great as a read aloud too...but if you have highly-sensitive little children, you should be aware that the author mentions disease and death.

Readers who enjoyed The Voyage of the Beetle by Anne Weaver may enjoy this book too. ... Read more

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Nick Denchfield's intricate paper engineering combines with Steve Cox's exquisitely detailed illustrations to create a fantastic pirate adventure - where a book quite literally becomes a ship! It includes: a pop-up pirate ship - no cutting or gluing required!; Treasure Ahoy! An adventure story; over 25 hidden objects to find; over 30 press-out play pieces (including self-assembly raft); and, a find-the-treasure board game. Young pirates will love to read the story of the dastardly Captain Scurvy and then use the press-out pieces to hunt for treasure and stage all manner of piratical deeds aboard the high seas. ... Read more

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FABULOUS ME MATEYS!!!!!
WOW!This is Fabulous!I've never felt so much a pirate as when this popped up at me! gorgeous!such detail and color - this is just spectacular!One of the best pop-up books you will buy today.
Don't wait to steal one from the next ship that goes by - go out and buy it NOW! ... Read more

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Secret Scurvy Dog Society members relate stories, many humorous, some pointedly not, of life on US Navy destroyers during the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf Wars.


"The proudest Marine and the toughest SEAL will tell you, “… destroyers? Now, there's the REAL Navy.” Find out why in the pages of Scurvy Dogs, Green Water and Gunsmoke written by the true men of destroyers; those greyhounds of the sea; those TIN CAN SAILORS." -- John J. Gobbell, author of The Brutus Lie, The Last Lieutenant and A Code For Tomorrow


"This is how I remember my time in the Fleet - stories, people, incidents. A navy has ships, but men bring those ships to life. Service in the Navy is exciting, hard, funny, boring, and many other things best told by the men who were there.Give this book to someone who may join the Navy, and they'll get a better picture of shipboard life than from any recruiter.Give this to someone who's been in the Navy, his eyes will get misty, and then he'll start telling his own stories.And of course, these stories are all absolutely true." -- Larry Bond, author of Red Phoenix, Dangerous Ground and The Mighty Fallen


“Deck apes, snipes, and powder monkeys alike will just eat up these evocative and entertaining tales of life in the United States destroyer fleet. Smartly told, irreverent and fun, Scurvy Dogs, Green Water and Gunsmoke upholds the honor of the surface navy and captures the big-hearted spirit of the tin can sailor of every generation. This book belongs on every Navy man’s shelf.” -- James D. Hornfischer, author of Ship of Ghosts and The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
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Pirates of the past...today! The Scurvy Dogs search for jobs, love, and adventure - with disastrous results! This volume collects all five issues of the critically-acclaimed, independent humor, comic book sensation.But that's not all! It's chock-full of bonuses - including rare, behind-the-scenes materials, a character sketchbook, creator interviews, pin-up gallery, and an original commentary on all five issues written exlusively for this volume by creators Andrew Boyd and Ryan Yount. A must-have for the deranged; or for collectors of oddball comedy. ... Read more

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Yeargh! Tis Brillant! Yeargh!
Hilarious and fun, Scurvy Dogs is fun romp following the lives of olde time pirates dropped in modern day America with humorous consequences.

I'm Biased...
I'm biased, since I'm one of the book's creators. We had a lot of fun working on this book, and I think it shows. If you're a fan of Monty Python, Adult Swim, or the Simpsons, you'll probably find something to enjoy in this collection, as long as you can learn to live with my "no-I-didn't-go-to-Art-School-I-got-a-regular-college-degree" art-style, and our "just-trying-to-make-each-other-laugh-so-hard-we-snort-Fanta-out-of-our-noses" writing style.

Fun indie humor
While not exactly a masterpiece, Scurvy Dogs is an always entertaining and clever series. The writing is similar in many ways to that of Adult Swim cartoons or popular webcomics, but always manages to be unpredictable and un-cliche in its own way. The art isn't spectacular, but personally I feel it adds to the comic, if it were too well drawn the art would clash with the slapdash, pop culture slant of the writing. Definetly recommended. ... Read more

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Destroyer veterans release short story collection Fifteen members of the Secret Scurvy Dog Society relate their own accounts, many humorous and some pointedly not, of life at sea on U.S. Navy destroyers during the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. Beginning with the question - Why the Navy? - and ending with reflections on how their experiences during hard lives at sea came to be considered cherished memories, these men, both officers and enlisted, tell the quintessential Sea Stories of the latter half of the 20th century. Scurvy Dogs, Green Water and Gunsmoke is the first joint effort for these writers, most of whom have been published previously in the Tin Can Sailor, the journal of the National Association of Destroyer Veterans. ... Read more

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Anthology of Destroyer Sea Stories
Volume I and Volume II together contain 101 short destroyer sea stories contributed by 18 different U. S. Navy destroyer veterans some who were young enlisted, some who were career chiefs and some who were officers when they served (scurvy dogs).Readers with no Navy experience have told me they were enjoyable.Readers with some Navy experience were enthusiastic. Of course I may be a bit prejudiced, I was one of the 18 contributing authors.

What a hoot
For anyone who was in the Navy, wanted to be in the Navy or knows someone who was in the Navy, these two books are great.

The two volumns are collections of brief, 1st person articles about what life was really like for destroyer sailors, widely seen by most of the Navy as somewhat odd group of people. Written by both officers and enlisted men, they give outsiders a glimpse of what goes on on these small -- in comparison with most of the rest of the Navy -- cramped, uncomfortable ships.

It sorts of gives you an idea of life at sea, periods of intense boredom interspaced by moments of hilarity, or panic.

I've read a lot of naval history, but nothing gives a better picture of what it's really like than Scurvy Dogs.

Scurvy Dogs, Green Water and Gunsmoke
Scurvy Dogs, Green Water and Gunsmoke: Fifty Years in US Navy Destroyers, Volume 2
"Destroyers, now there's the real Navy!"Gobbell's review comments about Marines and SEALS might not be exactly gospel, but it's close enough.Learning about Tin Can Swabs, you learn they're pretty much grunts in a metal and aluminum AO (Area of Operations) and steel foxholes darting around the worlds ponds. They got some really cool rifles too!
Shoot clean into next week.
This ain't the Gator Navy dropping grunts off on beaches we don't like.It's about the Navy we don't get to see.The ones they arm.
This collection of sea stories is worth the read.For you other Jarheads and Tridents out there who haven't gotten past the pop up books yet, get some help and look at the preface! The proceeds go to the Navy / Marine Corps relief Society in the honor and name of a fallen brother.
So make an effort to get to the PX and get it, stow it in you AWOL bag!It appeals to me as a book that will travel well and long even in a ruck.It will be passed around multiple times and probably tours as well.There's that many laughs and almost that much entertainment in it.
Semper Fi
Mike

Long live the destroyermen
Pick an ocean, any ocean. Add a few Navy destroyers, throw in a healthy dose of salt spray, then brace yourself. Such a concoction breeds unique ship crews who are renowned as colorful characters with irreverent lifestyles. Now some of their own have jumped ship and penned these clever sea stories.
These tales, some taller than others, offer unique insights into life aboard the "greyhounds of the sea." A good read. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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Countway Library of Medicine

N013974



Edinburgh : printed by Sands, Murray, and Cochran. For A. Kincaid & A. Donaldson, 1753. xv,[1],456p. ; 8° ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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Countway Library of Medicine

N014068



Edinburgh : printed for Manners and Miller, 1795. viii,87,[1]p. ; 8° ... Read more

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The article is excerpted fromGale Encyclopedia of Medicine.

Consultthe second edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depthmedical guide for information on more than 1,700 medical topics inlanguage accessible to adult laypersons. Presented in a singlealphabetical sequence, articles range in length from one or twoparagraphs for minor topics, to several pages or more for major topics.Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description;causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more.Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes;precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and muchmore. This second edition includes more than 200 new entries, 300updated entries, approximately 650 color images and illustrations, anda comprehensive subject index. New features include biographical andhistorical sidebars throughout the text.

Disease/disorder articles contain some or all of the following sections:

• Definitions -- brief dictionary-style definition of the disorder
• Descriptions -- overview of the disorder; who gets it and why
• Causes & symptoms -- process, substance or organism thatproduces the condition; any risk factors that increase susceptibilityto the condition; signs and symptoms of the disease
• Diagnosis -- overview of procedures and tests used todiagnose the condition; how the test is done; who should be tested andwhen; time required; cost; whether it's typically covered by insurance
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• Prognosis -- probable outcome of the disease
• Preventions -- what actions can be taken to prevent the condition from occurring

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• Purposes -- why and when this test/treatment is prescribed
• Precautions -- when this test/treatment should not be prescribed
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• Normal results -- for tests, describes the normal values; for treatments, describes the anticipated outcomes
• Abnormal results -- defines abnormal test values

Published/Released: December 2001

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Chapters: Kwashiorkor, Scurvy, Iron Deficiency, Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Pellagra, Kashin-Beck Disease, Vitamin a Deficiency, Beriberi, Iodine Deficiency, Biotin Deficiency, Folate Deficiency, Vitamin K Deficiency, Acrodermatitis Enteropathica, Selenium Deficiency, Marasmus, Protein-Energy Malnutrition, Ariboflavinosis, Pyridoxine Deficiency, Boron Deficiency, Bahima Disease, Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 109. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Vitamin B12 deficiency is a reduction in vitamin B12 from inadequate dietary intake or impaired absorption. The condition is commonly asymptomatic, but can also present as anemia characterized by enlarged blood corpuscles with characteristic changes in neutrophils, known as megaloblastic anemia. In serious cases deficiency can potentially cause severe and irreversible damage to the nervous system, including subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord. The anemia is thought to be due to problems in DNA synthesis, specifically in the synthesis of thymine, which is dependent on products of the MTR reaction. Other blood cell types such as white blood cells and platelets are often also low. Bone marrow examination may show megaloblastic hemopoiesis. The anemia responds completely to vitamin B12; the neurological symptoms (if any) respond partly or completely, depending on prior severity and duration. Early and even fairly pronounced deficiency does not always cause distinct or specific symptoms. Common early symptoms are tiredness, a decreased mental work capacity, weakened concentration and memory, and irritability and depression. Sleep disturbances may occur, because B12 may be involved in the regulation of the sleep wake cycle by the pineal gland (through melatonin). Neurological signs of B12 deficiency, wh...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12742560 ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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British Library

T112260

Half-title: Hayman on the scurvy, &c.With four final leaves listing "appointed venders distant from the metropolis".

London : printed for the author, 1791. 80,[8]p. ; 8° ... Read more