The Resource Scurvy : the disease of discovery, Jonathan Lamb ; with a coda written by James May and Fiona Harrison
Scurvy : the disease of discovery, Jonathan Lamb ; with a coda written by James May and Fiona Harrison
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The item Scurvy : the disease of discovery, Jonathan Lamb ; with a coda written by James May and Fiona Harrison represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- "Scurvy, a disease often associated with long stretches of maritime travel, generated sensations exceeding the standard of what was normal. Eyes dazzled, skin was morbidly sensitive, emotions veered between disgust and delight. In this book, Jonathan Lamb presents an intellectual history of scurvy unlike any other, probing the speechless encounter with powerful sensations to tell the story of the disease that its victims couldn't because they found their illness too terrible and, in some cases, too exciting. Drawing on historical accounts from scientists and voyagers as well as major literary works, Lamb traces the cultural impact of scurvy during the eighteenth-century age of geographical and scientific discovery. He explains the medical knowledge surrounding scurvy and the debates about its cause, prevention, and attempted cures. He vividly describes the phenomenon and experience of 'scorbutic nostalgia,' in which victims imagined mirages of food, water, or home, and then wept when such pleasures proved impossible to consume or reach. Lamb argues that a culture of scurvy arose in the colony of Australia, which was prey to the disease in its early years, and identifies a literature of scurvy in the works of such figures as Herman Melville, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Francis Bacon, and Jonathan Swift"--Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Prolegomena
- Enigma
- Effluvia
- Nostalgia
- Australia
- Genera mixta
- Coda
- Isbn
- 9780691147826
- Label
- Scurvy : the disease of discovery
- Title
- Scurvy
- Title remainder
- the disease of discovery
- Statement of responsibility
- Jonathan Lamb ; with a coda written by James May and Fiona Harrison
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Scurvy, a disease often associated with long stretches of maritime travel, generated sensations exceeding the standard of what was normal. Eyes dazzled, skin was morbidly sensitive, emotions veered between disgust and delight. In this book, Jonathan Lamb presents an intellectual history of scurvy unlike any other, probing the speechless encounter with powerful sensations to tell the story of the disease that its victims couldn't because they found their illness too terrible and, in some cases, too exciting. Drawing on historical accounts from scientists and voyagers as well as major literary works, Lamb traces the cultural impact of scurvy during the eighteenth-century age of geographical and scientific discovery. He explains the medical knowledge surrounding scurvy and the debates about its cause, prevention, and attempted cures. He vividly describes the phenomenon and experience of 'scorbutic nostalgia,' in which victims imagined mirages of food, water, or home, and then wept when such pleasures proved impossible to consume or reach. Lamb argues that a culture of scurvy arose in the colony of Australia, which was prey to the disease in its early years, and identifies a literature of scurvy in the works of such figures as Herman Melville, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Francis Bacon, and Jonathan Swift"--Publisher description
- Cataloging source
- PUL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lamb, Jonathan
- Dewey number
- 616.3/94
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
-
- RC627.S36
- RC627.S36
- LC item number
- L36 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2017 C-241
- WD 140
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- May, James M.
- Harrison, Fiona
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Scurvy
- Scurvy
- Label
- Scurvy : the disease of discovery, Jonathan Lamb ; with a coda written by James May and Fiona Harrison
- Bar code
-
- 31223122288195
- 31223122288187
- 31223122288179
- 31223122288203
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prolegomena -- Enigma -- Effluvia -- Nostalgia -- Australia -- Genera mixta -- Coda
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780691147826
- Lccn
- 2016010625
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)942840860
- Label
- Scurvy : the disease of discovery, Jonathan Lamb ; with a coda written by James May and Fiona Harrison
- Bar code
-
- 31223122288195
- 31223122288187
- 31223122288179
- 31223122288203
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prolegomena -- Enigma -- Effluvia -- Nostalgia -- Australia -- Genera mixta -- Coda
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780691147826
- Lccn
- 2016010625
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)942840860
Library Locations
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Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial LibraryBorrow it1 Jose Sarria Court, San Francisco, CA, 94114, US37.764084 -122.431821
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