Vitamin discoveries and disasters : history, science, and controversies / Frances Rachel Frankenburg.

"In 1747, Dr. James Lind discovered that adding citrus fruit to the diet of British sailors helped prevent scurvy. It wasn't until the 20th century that researchers identified the crucial disease-fighter as vitamin C and generally accepted that vitamin deficiencies were the root cause of a...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Frankenburg, Frances Rachel
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger/ABC-CLIO, ©2009.
Series:	Praeger series on contemporary health and living.
Subjects:	Vitamins > History. Vitamins in human nutrition > History. Avitaminosis > History. Avitaminosis. Vitamins. Vitamins in human nutrition. History.