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Dr James Lind: a life with lemons (and added E300)... @ Gosport Community Hub
Heritage Open Day: The story of Scottish doctor James Lind: his life afloat and ashore with the Royal Navy, his influence on naval medicine, his importance to medical history, and how he and his story mysteriously faded from view - and eventually reappeared... Your speaker, Jane Wickenden, was for 20 years, between 2001-2021, Historic Collections Librarian at the Institute of Naval Medicine in Alverstoke. She returns to Gosport to talk about the life, work and journeys of Dr James Lind (1716-1794), the Royal Naval surgeon who was the second Chief Physician at the Royal Hospital Haslar. Against a background of the Royal Navy and naval medicine of Lind's times, you will hear about his study and treatment of scurvy, as well as his other contributions to naval medicine.
Saturday 13 September
Gosport Community Hub, Brune Park Community School, Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire PO12 3BF
Sat 13 Sep:1500; Free Entry.
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