Trotter, Thomas

Estimate

400 - 600 GBP

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Description

Observations on the Scurvy; with a review of the opinions lately advanced on that disease, and a new theory defended, on the approved method of cure, and the induction of pneumatic chemistry: being an attempt to investigate that principle in recent vegetable matter, which, alone, has been found effectual in the treatment of this singular disease. London: T. Longman, 1792
paper

Second edition, 8vo (212 x 123mm.), [ii], xxxii, 33-244pp., half calf, old marbled boards, red label

Literature

Blake p.460

Catalogue Note

"Trotter's dire first-hand experiences at sea had demonstrated the importance of the link between prevention of scurvy by the correct diet and led Trotter on a long-term campaign to fight this scourge of the navy. He wrote Observations on the Scurvy in 1786 with a second edition in 1792 and can be credited with being the third man, alongside James Lind and Gilbert Blane, responsible for introducing universal distribution of lemon juice throughout the navy in 1795, an action which effectively abolished the problem of scurvy" (ODNB). The much-enlarged second edition was the first to introduce his new theory.