Scurvy / The Disease of Discovery - Jonathan Lamb
the disease of discovery
KORTE INHOUD
"Scurvy, a disease often associated with long stretches of maritime travel, generated sensations exceeding the standard of what was normal. Eyes dazzled, skin was morbidly sensitive, emotions veered between disgust and delight. In this book, Jonathan Lamb presents an intellectual history of scurvy unlike any other, probing the speechless encounter with powerful sensations to tell the story of the disease that its victims couldn't because they found their illness too terrible and, in some cases, too exciting. Drawing on historical accounts from scientists and voyagers as well as major literary works, Lamb traces the cultural impact of scurvy during the eighteenth-century age of geographical and scientific discovery. He explains the medical knowledge surrounding scurvy and the debates about its cause, prevention, and attempted cures. He vividly describes the phenomenon and experience of 'scorbutic nostalgia,' in which victims imagined mirages of food, water, or home, and then wept when such pleasures proved imp...
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2016Uitgever: Princeton University Press305 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0691147825ISBN-13: 9780691147826Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2016, 328pp, hardcover, mooi exemplaar [Auteur: Jonathan Lamb] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Princeton University Press] [Jaar: 2016] [Titel: Scurvy / The Disease of Discovery]
