Sea sick : lime juice and scurvy /Lucy Dale.

"At first glance, the eighteenth century glass bottle at the centre of this book may seem unremarkable. Yet this bottle - and what it contained - represents an important step in the fight against a disease that once claimed the lives of millions: scurvy. Through notable voyages and afflicted individuals, the physical and psychological manifestations of the deadly 'sickness of the sea' are examined in a maritime context. What starts as a story of the often haphazard and ineffective efforts to find a cure becomes a tale of pioneering experiments and the eventual discovery of vitamin C."