title: Jacques Cartier witnesses a treatment for scurvy.
abstract: In 1535, when Jacques Cartier landed in Canada for the second time, he sailed up the Saint-Lawrence, and spent the winter at Stadaconé. His ships were frozen in the ice for five months. A strange disease attacked the indigenous population, and then the French sailors. In a two month period, almost all Cartier's men became sick. Facing such a tragic situation, the explorer carried out an examination on a dead sailor and described what would later be called scurvy. The Indians were able to extract a medicine from a tree called Anneda. This medicine worked quickly and allowed the sailors to leave Canada in May. However, 25 of the 112 sailors had died during that icy winter.
authors.affiliation: eric@biotem.com
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martini
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D005101:Expeditions / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049669:History, 16th Century; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000266:history*; D009326:Naval Medicine / Q000266:history*; D012614:Scurvy / Q000266:history*