Cook ensured he had a variety of vitamin-C rich foods on board ship. These foods included sauerkraut (pickled cabbage), lime juice, malt wort and a plant known as Cook's scurvy grass (Lepidium oleraceum).
Cook famously circumnavigated the World without losing a single man from Scurvy.
Hemost certainly knew that vitamin C rich foods fruits were good for scurvey, but he was dead for 20 years before lemons and limes started being given to sailors.
Scurvy was documented by Hippocrates, and Egyptians have recorded its symptoms as early as 1550 BC. The knowledge that consuming foods containing vitamin C is a cure for scurvy has been repeatedly forgotten and rediscovered. In the modern era a Scottish surgeon in the British Royal Navy named James Lind first proved scurvy could be treated with citrus fruit. His advice was not implemented by the Royal Navy for several decades.
James Cook had basic rations such as meat (pork, beef, mutton), potatoes, onions, tea, etc. He also had lime juice and sauerkraut to help ward off scurvy.
he made sure his crew didnt get scurvy by bringin fresh fruits with him
Cook famously circumnavigated the World without losing a single man from Scurvy.
Scurvy. James Cook made considerable preparations to avoid his crew contracting scurvy from insufficient nutrition.
If I understand your question right john cook healed scurvy and he did it with sour kruat. His name was James Cook and the food is spelled sauerkraut.
If I understand your question right john cook healed scurvy and he did it with sour kruat. His name was James Cook and the food is spelled sauerkraut.
Hemost certainly knew that vitamin C rich foods fruits were good for scurvey, but he was dead for 20 years before lemons and limes started being given to sailors.
James Cook did not discover lemon juice but he used it, together with lime juice, to help ward off scurvy in his crew.
Scurvy was documented by Hippocrates, and Egyptians have recorded its symptoms as early as 1550 BC. The knowledge that consuming foods containing vitamin C is a cure for scurvy has been repeatedly forgotten and rediscovered. In the modern era a Scottish surgeon in the British Royal Navy named James Lind first proved scurvy could be treated with citrus fruit. His advice was not implemented by the Royal Navy for several decades.
James Cook had basic rations such as meat (pork, beef, mutton), potatoes, onions, tea, etc. He also had lime juice and sauerkraut to help ward off scurvy.
James Cook added fruit and vegetables that provided Vitiman C to the crew's diet. In particular, he introduced the effective sauerkraut as well as lime juice which provided the necessary Vitamin C to ward off scurvy.
he made sure his crew didnt get scurvy by bringin fresh fruits with him
Scurvy can be the result of a lack of vitamin D
Captain James Cook was especially known for feeding his crew sauerkraut, or pickled cabbage, which was rich in vitamin C.