Which Scottish physician published the first treatise demonstrating that scurvy could be prevented by citrus fruit, in 1753?
Long sea voyages of the 18th century were plagued by scurvy, a disease that killed more sailors than combat. A Royal Navy surgeon's controlled experiment aboard HMS Salisbury changed naval medicine forever.
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