The history of scurvy and vitamin C

The explorers' sickness (1498-1700)

The writings of learned men (1540-1700)

Scurvy in the British Navy (1700-1772)

Captain Cook and pneumatic chemistry (1770-1815)

Land scurvy, potatoes, and potassium (1810-1905)

Problems in the Arctic and the ptomaine theory (1850-1915)

Infantile scurvy: the new disease of affluence (1877-1917)

Guinea pigs and the discovery of vitamin C (1905-1935)

Needs and uses for vitamin C (1935-1985)

Retrospect