CONTENTS

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Dedication
5. CONTENTS
6. PREFACE
7. INTRODUCTION
8. Part I Buccaneers and Bureaucrats: The History of Scurvy
   1. 1 A DISEASE OF MARINERS
   2. 2 CATASTROPHE AND ENLIGHTENMENT
   3. 3 AN UNLIKELY HERO AND A PARTIAL VICTORY
   4. 4 STEPS FORWARD AND BACK
9. Part II The Chemists Take Over: The Discovery of Vitamins
   1. 5 A DIFFERENT KIND OF NUTRIENT
   2. 6 THE VITAMIN HUNTERS
   3. 7 SCURVY FOR SCIENCE
   4. 8 NORMAL SCIENCE
10. Part III The New Buccaneers: The Business of Vitamins
    1. 9 THE PASSION OF LINUS PAULING
    2. 10 VITAMINS, BUSINESS, AND POLITICS
    3. 11 LESSONS LEARNED
    4. 12 A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED
11. APPENDIX: SELECTED FOOD SOURCES OF VITAMIN C
12. NOTES
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY
14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS