LIND, James (1716 – 1794)
1716 – 1794
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1753 CE
#3713
A treatise of the scurvy.
Lind, founder of naval hygiene in England, wrote a classic treatise on scurvy, in which he described many important experiments he made on the disease. These experiments have been called “the first deliberately …
1757 CE
#2151
An essay on the most effectual means, of preserving the health of seamen, in the Royal Navy.
Lind is regarded as the founder of naval hygiene in England. Besides his work on scurvy (see No.3713), he is notable for the above book, which deals not only with the men but also with the appalling conditions in whic…
1768 CE
#2264
An essay on diseases incidental in Europeans in hot climates.
Lind came near to discovering the connection between malaria and mosquitoes. He is best remembered for his work on scurvy (No. 3713), but the above book is one of the more important early works on tropical medicine.
1777 CE
#13764
Bref rörande en resa til Island MDCCLXXII.
Von Troil’s compilation is the only contemporary printed book steming from Sir Joseph Banks’s pioneering scientfic expedition to Iceland, Banks's first and only expedition as indisputable leader. Having re…