Starving Sailors : The Influence of nutrition upon naval and maritime history
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Proceedings of an international symposium held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, in April 16-18, 1980. Contains the papers: Energy Requirements in Health by J. V. G. A. Durnin; Victualling of the Fleet in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries by C. C. Lloyd; Vitamin Requirements of the Human Body by I. M. Sherman; Two Hundred Years of the Sailor's Diet by G. J. Milton Thompson; Clinical Manifestations of Vitamin Deficiencies by G. Taylor; Some Consequences of Nutritional Disorders in Eighteenth Century British Circumnavigation by J. Watt; Eighteenth Century French Voyages of Exploration: General Problems of Nutrition wh=ith Special Reference to the Voyages of Bougainville and d'Entrecasteaux by A. Carre; Health and Navigation in the South Seas: The Spanish Experience by J De Zulueta and I. Higueras; Doctors Abroad, Medicine and Nineteenth Century Arctic Exploration by R. E. Johnson; By Want Beleaguered, Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) in the Canadian Arctic by R. E. Johnson; The History and Implication of Processed Food by A. E. Bender; Hypothermia by W. R. Keatinge; Nutritional Aspects of the British Arctic (Nares) Expedition of 1875-76 and its Predecessors by A. Savours and M. Deacon; The Influence of Diet in Scott's Last Expedition by A. F. Rogers; Nutritional Deficiencies in the Crews of German Raiders in Two World Wars by H. Schadewaldt; Neurological Factors in Decision-Making by W. Goody.
TítuloStarving Sailors : The Influence of nutrition upon naval and maritime history
Lugar de publicaciónGreenwich
EditorialNational Maritime Museum
Año de publicación1981
18th century19th century20th century
Paginación212 p.
IlustracionesIllus., black and white photos, maps and tables, and colour photos
Dimensiones14.8 cm x 21 cm
Materialbook
VK224 .W3 1981
ISBN0905555538
NotasTom Proctor Collection