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Addington, Anthony
Admiralty. See also Royal Navy
and antiscorbutics
Blane’s influence on
and Cook’s voyages
medical influences on
scurvy’s effect on
Sick and Hurt Board
Adventure
Albemarle
alcohol. See also beer; cider
Amat, Manuel de
American Revolution. See War of American Independence
annedda (white cedar)
Anson, George. See also Centurion
achievements of
crew of
expedition of
and James Lind
and scurvy
writings of
Antarctica
antiscorbutics. See also specific antiscorbutics
Blane’s use of
on Cook’s voyages
in merchant navy
in Royal Navy
tests of
theories about
ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
discovery of
fragility of
need for
Asia
Australia
Bachstrom, Johan Friedrich
Banks, Joseph
Barents, Willem
Barton, William
battles. See also specific battle locations
battleships. See warships
beer
beriberi
Bering, Vitus
biscuit
Bisset, Charles
Blane, Gilbert
on antiscorbutics
as fleet physician,
later career of
on mariners
recognition of
social connections of,
in West Indies
writings of
bloodlelting
Boerhaave, Hermann
influence of
Bonaparte, Napoleon. See Napoleon Bonaparte
Bougainville, Louis Antoine de
Bucentaure
Byron, John
Cabral, Pedro
Calder, Robert
Camoens, Luis de
Canada
Cape Horn
Cape St. Vincent, Battle of
Carpenter, K. J.
carrot marmalade
Carteret, Philip
Carrier, Jacques
Cavendish, Thomas
cedar bark
Celsus
Centurion. See also Anson, George
scurvy on
Chalmers, George
Chamier, Frederick
Champlain, Samuel de
cheese
Chelsea pensioners
China
cider
citrus fruit. See also specific fruits; rob
Blane on
opinions about
in scurvy experiments
Clerke, James
clinical trials
in eighteenth century
by James Lind
Clowes, William
Cockburn, William
Columbus, Christopher
Cook, James
accomplishments of
death of
early career of
first voyage of
health of
Pringle and
and Royal Navy
and scurvy prevention
second voyage of
third voyage of
copper
Corbella, Antonio
Cornwallis, Charles
Cortez, Hernán
Coulter, Jack
Covadonga
cream of tartar
Crimean War
Culloden, Battle of
Cumberland, Duke of
Dalrymple, Alexander
Darby, Admiral
Davis, John
deficiency diseases
De La Warr, Thomas West, Baron
desertion
Dickie, Isobel
Dickman, S. R.
diet
antiscorbutic
of mariners
as scurvy cause
Discovery
diseases. See also specific diseases; fevers
deficiency
of mariners
overcrowding and
prevention of
in Royal Navy
and scurvy
diuretics
Doma Gaya
Drake, Francis
Dudley, Sheldon E
dunderfunk
Dutch East India Company
dysentery
East India Company
East Indies
Echth, John
Edgecombe, George
electuary
Endeavour
England. See also Admiralty; Royal Navy
and War of American Independence
and war with France
and war with Spain
Esperanza
Esteyneffer, Juan de
Euglenus, Severinus
Europeans
scurvy and
Faran, Augustin
Fenton, Edward
fermentation. See putrefaction theory
fevers
quarantine for
studies of
Finlayson, Robert
France. See also French Revolution
and Cook
in Napoleonic Wars
navy of
and Royal Navy
and scurvy
and War of American Independence
Franklin, Benjamin
French Revolution
Frolich, Theodor
fruit. See also specific fruits; citrus fruit
in naval diet
Fuca, Juan de
Furneaux, Tobias
Gama, Vasco da
Ganteaume, Honoré-Joseph
Gardener, Alan
George III
Gillespie, Leonard
Gloucester
gooseberries
grains. See also wort of malt
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de
Guipuscoa
Hall, John
Harding, Richard
hardtack
Harvey, Gideon
Haslar hospital. See Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar
Hawaii
Hawkins, John
Hawkins, Richard
on scurvy
Haworth, Norman
Hermiona
Hippocrates
Holst, Axel
hospitals. See also specific hospitals
Houtman, Cornelis
Hudson, Edward
Hudson, Henry
Hughes, R. E.
Hulme, Nathaniel
humours
Hutchinson, William
hydrochloric acid
hygiene
Blane on
on Cook’s voyages
on French ships
in hospitals
on warships
Impress Service. See press gangs
Indonesia
Inuit
Ives, Edward
Jacobites
James, Arthur
Johnson, Samuel
Keevil, J. J.
Kennedy, Paul
Knivet, Antonie
Lancaster, James
Langlands, George
lemon juice. See also rob
as scurvy cure
as scurvy preventative
lemons. See also lemon juice; rob
limes
Lind, James
and Anson
and Bisset
early career of
at Haslar hospital
influence of
later career of
as naval surgeon
and Pringle
as researcher
on scurvy treatment
theories of
Treatise on the Scurvy
writings of
Lind, John
Lloyd, Christopher
longitude
Lozier, Jean Bouvet de
MacBride, David
influence of
Magellan, Ferdinand
Mahan, Alfred Thayer
malaria
malnutrition
malt. See wort of malt
Maoris
mariners. See also navies; Royal Navy; ships
diet of
diseases of
health of
punishment of
workload of
marines
meat. See also slush
medicine. See also physicians; surgeons
clinical trials in
education in
preventative
theory in
Meiklejohn, A. P.
merchant navies
Merchant Shipping Act (1854)
mercury paste
Missiessy, Edouard Thomas
Moellenbrok, Andreas
Napoleon Bonaparte
attempts to invade England
as naval commander
Napoleonic Wars
defeat of scurvy and,
English blockades during
Spain in
Natives (North American)
naturalists
naval surgeons. See surgeons
navies. See also specific nations; Admiralty; merchant navies; Royal Navy
as bureaucracies
and health
victualling of
Nelson, Horatio
New Zealand
Northcote, William
Northwest Passage
oranges
Pacific Ocean
Patten, James
Pauling, Linus
Pearl
Pembroke
Perry, William
physicians
Pigafetta, Antonio
Pitt, William
Pizarro, Francisco
Pizarro, José
Pliny the Elder
portable soup
Portugal
press gangs
Priestley, Joseph
Pringle, John
and Cook
experiments of
influence of
on rob
and wort of malt
privateers
putrefaction theory
Pyrard, François
quarantine
Raigersfield, Admiral
Red Dragon
Reichstein, Tadeus
Resolution
rice
rob
on Cook’s voyages
effectiveness of
failure to test
Pringle on
resistance to
Rodney, George
Rogers, Woodes
Royal College of Physicians
Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar
scurvy patients at
Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth
Royal Navy. See also Admiralty; mariners; press gangs; warships
antiscorbutics used by
blockade strategies of
Channel fleet of
and Cook
and France
health in
manpower in
Mediterranean fleet of
physicians in
scurvy eradication in
scurvy in
social hierarchy in
and Spain
at war
and War of American Independence
West Indies fleet of
Royal Society. See also Pringle, John
and Cook
and wort of malt
Royal Sovereign
sailors. See mariners
St. Estevan
Saints, Battle of the
Salisbury
saloup
salt meat. See also slush
Santa Anna
sauerkraut
on Cook’s voyages
Royal Navy use of
Saumarez, Philip
Scott, Harold
scurvy. See also scurvy research; scurvy treatments
costs of
death toll from
as deficiency disease
diet as cause of
early experiences of
eradication of
as European disease
impact of
and loss of ships
as naval problem
physical effects of
putrefaction theory of
reappearance of
recovery from
symptoms of
theories about
understanding
scurvy grass
scurvy research. See also Lind, James
in eighteenth century
scurvy treatments. See also antiscorbutics
aboriginal
folk cures as
tests of
theories about
seamen. See mariners
sea water
Seven Years’ War
Severn
ships. See also mariners; warships
conditions on
diet on
disease prevention on
loss of
Sick and Hurt Board
slush
Smollett, Tobias
soda water
soup. See portable soup
South America
South Pacific
Spain
and Anson’s expedition
in Napoleonic Wars
navy of
and Royal Navy
and scurvy
treasure ship of
and war with England
spices
spoonwort. See scurvy grass
spruce beer
Stark, William
Steller, Georg
Storsch, Baron
Strabo
stress
Stuart, Charles Edward
Suffolk
sugar
sulphuric acid. See vitriol, oil of
surgeons. See also surgeon’s mate; surgery
naval
surgeon’s mate
The Surgeon’s Mate (Woodall)
surgery
Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert
Tahiti
tamarinds
Tasman, Abel
Thomas, Pascoe
Thompson, Frederick
Tinian
trade
Trafalgar, Battle of
Travis, John
Treatise on the Scurvy (Lind)
Trotter, Thomas
Tryal
Tupaia
typhus
United States. See also War of American Independence
University of Edinburgh
vegetables. See also sauerkraut; watercress
in naval diet
preserved
purchased on voyage
as scurvy cure
Victory
Ville de Paris
Villeneuve, Pierre
vinegar
vitamins. See also ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
vitriol, oil of
as scurvy remedy
tests of
Wager
Wallis, Samuel
Walshe, F. M. R.
war. See also specific wars; Royal Navy
Ward’s Drop and Pill
War of American Independence
France and
Royal Navy and
scurvy and
warships. See also Royal Navy; ships
captain’s role on
conditions on, no
deaths on
diet on
disease prevention on
hygiene on
in nineteenth century
officers on
overcrowding on
sick bay on
Washington, George
water
fresh
sea
soda
watercress,
Waterloo, Battle of
Watt, James
West Indies
warships in
White, John
white cedar (annedda)
Woodall, John
World Health Organization
wort of malt
bias towards
on Cook’s voyages
Royal Navy use of
yellow fever
Yorktown, Battle of