[How Lind did not discover the treatment against the scurvy].
During 400 years Lind, with his published book "A Treatise of the Scurvy", was considered as the man who discovered the role of lemon juice in the treatment of scurvy. However lemon juice was given to the English crews only 40 years later and more one century later to the French crews. In fact, as Lind had muddled up his conclusions of the role of the lemon juice with the supposed role of the chillness, dampness and many subsidiary treatments the Admiralty was not convinced at once by the necessary lemon juice to prevent the scurvy.
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