James Lind was a pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy.
17 Facts About James Lind
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James Lind proposed that fresh water could be obtained by distilling sea water.
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James Lind was educated at the High School in Edinburgh.
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James Lind thought that scurvy was due to putrefaction of the body that could be helped by acids, so he included an acidic dietary supplement in the experiment.
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James Lind divided twelve scorbutic sailors into six groups of two.
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Shortly after this experiment, James Lind retired from the Navy and practised privately as a physician.
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When James Lind Cook went on his first voyage he carried wort, sauerkraut and a syrup, or "rob", of oranges and lemons as antiscorbutics, but only the results of the trials on wort were published.
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James Lind believed that scurvy had multiple causes which therefore required multiple remedies.
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James Lind noticed that typhus disappeared from the top floor of his hospital, where patients were bathed and given clean clothes and bedding.
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James Lind recommended that sailors be stripped, shaved, scrubbed, and issued clean clothes and bedding regularly.
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In 1759, James Lind discovered that steam from heated salt water was fresh.
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James Lind proposed to use solar energy for the distillation of water.
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James Lind, embarked on a career with the British navy.
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James Lind rose to the rank of post-captain, and was notable for his role in the Battle of Vizagapatam in 1804, for which he was knighted.
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James Lind died at Gosport in Hampshire as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, in 1794.
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James Lind was buried in St Mary's Parish Churchyard in Portchester.
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James Lind's is one of twenty-three names on the Frieze of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine building in Keppel Street, London.