Author: United States. Naval History Division
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages :
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Naval Documents of the American Revolution
Author: United States. Naval History Division
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Category : United States
Languages : en
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Category : United States
Languages : en
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The British Motor Ship
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Category : Marine engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Category : Marine engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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The Vitamin A Story
Author: R.D. Semba
Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
ISBN: 331802189X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book shows how vitamin A deficiency – before the vitamin was known to scientists – affected millions of people throughout history. It is a story of sailors and soldiers, penniless mothers, orphaned infants, and young children left susceptible to blindness and fatal infections. We also glimpse the fortunate ones who, with ample vitamin A-rich food, escaped this elusive stalker. Why were people going blind and dying? To unravel this puzzle, scientists around the world competed over the course of a century. Their persistent efforts led to the identification of vitamin A and its essential role in health. As a primary focus of today’s international public health efforts, vitamin A has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. But, we discover, they could save many more were it not for obstacles erected by political and ideological zealots who lack a historical perspective of the problem. Although exhaustively researched and documented, this book is written for intellectually curious lay readers as well as for specialists. Public health professionals, nutritionists, and historians of science and medicine have much to learn from this book about the cultural and scientific origins of their disciplines. Likewise, readers interested in military and cultural history will learn about the interaction of health, society, science, and politics. The author’s presentation of vitamin A deficiency is likely to become a classic case study of health disparities in the past as well as the present.
Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
ISBN: 331802189X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book shows how vitamin A deficiency – before the vitamin was known to scientists – affected millions of people throughout history. It is a story of sailors and soldiers, penniless mothers, orphaned infants, and young children left susceptible to blindness and fatal infections. We also glimpse the fortunate ones who, with ample vitamin A-rich food, escaped this elusive stalker. Why were people going blind and dying? To unravel this puzzle, scientists around the world competed over the course of a century. Their persistent efforts led to the identification of vitamin A and its essential role in health. As a primary focus of today’s international public health efforts, vitamin A has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. But, we discover, they could save many more were it not for obstacles erected by political and ideological zealots who lack a historical perspective of the problem. Although exhaustively researched and documented, this book is written for intellectually curious lay readers as well as for specialists. Public health professionals, nutritionists, and historians of science and medicine have much to learn from this book about the cultural and scientific origins of their disciplines. Likewise, readers interested in military and cultural history will learn about the interaction of health, society, science, and politics. The author’s presentation of vitamin A deficiency is likely to become a classic case study of health disparities in the past as well as the present.
A History of the Marconi Company 1874-1965
Author: W. J. Baker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134526075
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
This accessible work provides a detailed picture of the history of one of the most important companies in the electronic industry.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134526075
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
This accessible work provides a detailed picture of the history of one of the most important companies in the electronic industry.
London Naval Conference
Author: United States. Department of State
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Category : Congresses and conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Category : Congresses and conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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20th Century Naval Dockyards
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ISBN: 9780992929206
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Languages : en
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The Seabound Coast
Author: William Johnston
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1554889081
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1065
Book Description
Based on extensive archival research, it traces the story of the navy, from its beginnings as Lauriers tinpot navy, and includes the interwar years.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1554889081
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1065
Book Description
Based on extensive archival research, it traces the story of the navy, from its beginnings as Lauriers tinpot navy, and includes the interwar years.
A History of the British Presence in Chile
Author: W. Edmundson
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230101216
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This book sets out to narrate the contributions to and influence on the history of Chile that British visitors and immigrants have had, not as bystanders but as key players, starting in 1554 with the English Queen 'Bloody Mary' becoming Queen of Chile, and ending with the decline of British influence following the Second World War.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230101216
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This book sets out to narrate the contributions to and influence on the history of Chile that British visitors and immigrants have had, not as bystanders but as key players, starting in 1554 with the English Queen 'Bloody Mary' becoming Queen of Chile, and ending with the decline of British influence following the Second World War.
Maryland Historical Magazine
Author: William Hand Browne
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Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Includes the proceedings of the Society.
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Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Includes the proceedings of the Society.
Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge
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Category : Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Publisher:
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Category : Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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