The Scurvy Cure

<p>In the 18th century a silent and gruesome plague terrorized the world's navies killing more sailors than all the great battles combined. That enemy was scurvy a disease of such horrifying decay that it turned the most formidable crews into helpless victims.</p><p>But one man dared to confront this scourge with a weapon more powerful than any sword: the scientific method.</p><p>Dr. James Lind a methodical and quiet Scottish physician conducted a groundbreaking clinical trial aboard a Royal Navy ship. He pitted centuries of medical guesswork against a single revolutionary idea: that a simple citrus fruit could save a life.</p><p>His discovery was nothing short of miraculous but his fight had only just begun. Faced with institutional inertia and stubborn resistance Lind spent decades championing a cure that could have saved tens of thousands of lives. Approx.156 pages 29000 word count</p>