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“The cell is a wonderfully complex and precise little mechanism, and a disease is but disorder in this mechanism. The aim of medicine is to prevent or repair such disorders. It is impossible to repair a machine without knowing how it works.”
-Albert Szent-Györgyi, 1970
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BOOKS
Scurvy: How A Surgeon, A Mariner And A Gentlemen Solved The Greatest Medical Mystery Of The Age Of Sail by Stephen R. Bown
The Crazy Ape by Albert Szent-Györgyi
ARTICLES
Scott And Scurvy by Idle Words
Scurvy Is A Serious Public Health Problem by Karen D. Brown
Vitamin C Sources
Ascorbic Acid And The Formation Of Collagen
Goat Vitamin C Production
The Inuit Paradox
Age Of Sail
The East India Company And The Control Of Scurvy
Scurvy: A Disease Almost Forgotten
The Science Behind Historic Uses Of Urine by Mohi Kumar
The Discovery Of Vitamin C
Szent-Györgyi Quote
The Natural History Of Ascorbic Acid In The Evolution Of Mammals
Captain Cook’s Beer
Vitamins’ Old, Old Edge by Carl Zimmer
Blood Flow In The Human Body by Courtney Harrington
James Lind Painting By Robert A Thom
The Black Pirate (1926)
Captain Kidd (1945)
James Lind’s Treatise Of The Scurvy
Experimental Essays On The Following Subjects by David Macbride
Catull Sirmiofe by Schorle
Albert Szent-Györgyi’s Discovery Of Vitamin C
Bioenergetics by Albert Szent-Györgyi
Scurvy Is Still Present In Developed Countries
VIDEO CREDITS
Written, Produced, Edited and Hosted by Kevin Lieber
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Contributing Editor Matthew Tabor, Koala Fight Media
VFX by Eric Langlay
Sound Design by Jay Pellizzi
Special Thanks Paula Lieber
Select Music by Jake Chudnow
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