Did Cook's sailors have Tapanui 'flu? --chronic fatigue syndrome on the Resolution.
The 1982 publication of the Resolution journal of Johann George Reinhold Forster provided justification for his recognition as a scientist, and gave a remarkable insight into his character. It also included an account of an illness suffered by many of the sloop's crew, including Forster, after a period ashore at Queen Charlotte Sound. The symptoms of the illness were remarkably similar to those now clustered as the chronic fatigue syndrome.
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Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand.
D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D012767:Ships / Q000266:history*