James Cook and the Conquest of Scurvy
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- ISBN 9780313291814
- Publication Date: 30 Dec 1994
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The conquest of scurvy by James Cook during his three famous circumnavigations of 1768-1780 was a product of Cook's character, of his leadership, and of the wisdom of the naturalists who accompanied Cook; specialists who helped locate antiscorbutic plants during stopovers. In this book, Dr. Cuppage shows the importance of careful observation, and of controlled clinical trials. This is an account of the lasting medical effects of Cook's voyages as he tried to liberate mankind from the scourge of scurvy. Cuppage captures the sense of adventure that explorers and scientists share.
FRANCIS E. CUPPAGE is Professor of Pathology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City. His interest in Medical History began over a decade ago while on sabbatical in Cambridge, England. His association with the Department of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and the Clendening History of Medicine Library in Kansas City, and his recent trip to the South Pacific to study the sites and documents of the three circumnavigations of James Cook have culminated in this book.
