Scurvy: The Disease of Discovery, by Jonathan Lamb

Helen Bynum on a multilayered tale of an illness’ history that takes in art, science and more

Published on
January 19, 2017
Last updated
January 19, 2017
Painting of Glaucus sea god

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Print headline: Scourge of the sea’s soul-deep scars

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