James Lind
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James Lind (
1716 –
1794), born
Edinburgh,
Scottish Surgeon in the
Royal Navy (
1739-
1748); physician to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar (
1758-
1783); founder of naval hygiene in the
United Kingdom and promoter of the use of citrus fruits and fresh vegetables to prevent and cure
scurvy. The discovery was ignored until forty years after he discovered the cure. He influenced practices of
preventive medicine and
nutrition among soldiers as well as sailors.
1750 - Elected Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
He was author of 'A Treatise of the Scurvy' (1753)
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