Reports on scurvy uploaded to Zenodo by Harri Hemilä

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This list also includes translations of reports originally published in languages other than English.

These are ordered by the year of the original report so that oldest are first.

Reviews are indicated by bold.

1541
Description of scurvy by Echtius (1541)
Lind, James
Hemilä, Harri
Zenodo 2015
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17093279

1555
Description of Scurvy Symptoms by Olaus Magnus (1555)
Hemilä, Harri
Korkiakangas, Timo
Chalker, Elizabeth
Zenodo 2024
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13380745

1567
Description of scurvy by Wierus (1567)
Lind, James
Hemilä, Harri
Zenodo 2015
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17093229

1564
Description of scurvy by Ronsseus (1564)
Lind, James
Hemilä, Harri
Zenodo 2025
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17093314

1617
Description of Scurvy Symptoms by John Woodall (1617)
Hemilä, Harri
Chalker, Elizabeth
Zenodo 2024
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10651214

1651
Description of Scurvy Symptoms by Francis Glisson (1651)
Glisson, Francis

In: Treatise of the Rickets: Being a diseas common to Children, pp. 249–250
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10206723

1708
A relation of some strange and wonderful effects of the scurvey,
which happened at Paris in the Year 1699
Poupart, François
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 26, 223-232, 1708.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16846396

1778
Observations on the scurvy
De Mertans, Charles
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 68, 661-680, 1778.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16846144

1800
Dr. Trotter, on Citric Acid
Trotter, Thomas
Medical and Physical Journal, 4(18), 154-156, 1800.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10604543

1814
Account of the scurvy
Larrey, Dominique Jean

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15582455

1827
On the diseases which prevailed among the British troops at Rangoon
Waddell, G
Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta, 3, 240-280, 1827.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10207344

1831
Clinical Lecture [on Scurvy]
Elliotson, John
Lancet, 15(Feb 12), 649-655, 1831.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15863945

1836
On Haemorrhagic Pericarditis
Seidlitz
The British and Foreign Medical Review, 1(1), 259-263, 1836.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11175282

1839
Remarks on the cause of scurvy and on the means by which it may be prevented in merchant ships
Budd, George
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15647274

1842
Notes on the Scurvy, as it appeared on board the U. S. Frigate Columbia,
in her cruize around the World,—1838-'39-'40.
Coale, Edward
American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 3(5; Jan 1), 68-77, 1842.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15640277

1848
Report on Scorbutus, as it appeared on board the United States Squadron,
Blockading the Ports in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Summer of 1846
Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith
American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 15(29; Jan), 38-58, 1848.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15640912

1848
On Pericarditis Scorbutica, and its Treatment by Paracentesis
Kyber, A
Ranking's Abstract, 7, 64-65, 1848.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11175404

1858
Scurvy
Army Medical Department

In: Medical and Surgical History of the British Army Which Served in Turkey and
the Crimea During the War Against Russia in the Years 1854-55-56. Vol. II (ss. 171–186).
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10103879

1862
Health and hospitals in Mississippi
Rawson, Charles H
American Medical Times, 5(3), 42, 1862.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15581966

1862
Land scurvy
Lyman, Francis R
American Medical Times, 5(9), 125,
1862.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15582118

1862
Army correspondence [about scurvy]
Gibbs, OC
The Medical and Surgical Reporter, 9(3), 82-83, 1862.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15582180

1866
Scurvy in the twenty-fifth army corps
Perry, Ira
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 74(8), 155-157, 1866.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15582246

1866
Observation on scurvy, and its causes among the U.S. colored troops of the 25th army cor
ps,
during the spring and summer of 1865
Hemenway, S
The Chicago Medical Examiner, 7(10), 582-587, 1866.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15582211

1866
Camp diarhoea [and scurvy]
Morse, DA
The Medical and Surgical Reporter, 15(14), 296-298, 1866.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15581894

1871
A case of scurvy in a child
Ingerslev, V
Hospitals-Tidende, 14(31; Aug 2), 121-122, 1871.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15424739

1873
Scurvy in a child ten months old
Jalland, WH
The Medical Times and Gazette, I(March 8), 248, 1873.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15373630

1885
Scurvy
Hirsch, August

In: Handbook of Geographical and Historical Pathology, vol. II (ss. 507–568)
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10104179

1888
On Scurvy
United States Army
In: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, (1861-65), Part III, Vol. I. (ss. 683–715).
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10201743

1892
Scorbutus in infants; American cases
Northrup, William P
Archives of Pediatrics, IX(1; Jan), 1-22, 1892.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15463670

1892
Scurvy
Barlow, Thomas

In: Cyclopædia of the Diseases of Children, vol. II, ed. JM Keating, pp. 265-278.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15586834

1894
Scorbutus in infants
Northrup, William P
Crandall, Floyd M
New York Medical Journal, LIX(May 26), 641-646, 1894.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15463815

1898
The American pediatric society's collective investigation on infantile scurvy in North America
Griffith, JP Crozer
Jennings, Charles G
Morse, John Lovett
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 138:605-609 and 139:3-5, 1898.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15373841

July 1, 1898
The American pediatric society's collective investigation on infantile scurvy in North America
American Pediatric Society
Archives of Pediatrics, 15(7), 481-508, 1898.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15282390

1911
Scorbutus (Scurvy)
Holt, L Emmett

In: The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood (6th p., pp. 233–241)
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15343352

1912
Über Experimentellen Skorbut.
Holst, Axel
Frölich, Theodor
Zeitschrift für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten, 72, 1-120, 1912.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8410010

1914
The pathologic affinities of beriberi and scurvy
Darling, ST
JAMA, 63(15), 1290–1294,
1914
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10102994

1915
Infantile scurvy
Still, George Frederic

In: Common Disorders and Diseases of Childhood (3rd p., pp. 108–122)
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15342856

1917
Infantile scurvy. V. A study of its pathogenesis
Hess, Alfred F
American Journal of Diseases of Children, 14(5), 337-353, 1917.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14609522

1918
The Heart in Infantile Scurvy
Erdheim, J
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 31(49), 1293-1295, 1918.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7756493

1919
Scurvy VIII. Factors affecting the antiscorbutic value of foods
Hess, Alfred F
Unger, Lester J
American Journal of Diseases of Children, 17(4), 221-240, 1919.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15210367

1919
The Pathogenesis of Deficiency Disease. III.
The Influence of Dietaries Deficient in Accessory Food Factors on the Intestine
McCarrison, Robert
Indian Journal of Medical Research, 7, 167-187, 1919.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14416103

1919
The Pathogenesis of Deficiency Disease. IV.
The Influence of a Scorbutic Diet on the Adrenal Glands
McCarrison, Robert
Indian Journal of Medical Research, 7, 188-194, 1919.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14416275

1919
Scurvy
Bierich, R
Deutsches Archiv für klinische Medizin, 130(26 Sept), 151-171, 1919.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10653558

1919
The deleterious effect of the alcalization of infant's food
Hess, Alfred F
Unger, Lester J
JAMA, 73(18), 1353-6, 1919.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14866713

1920
Scorbutic beading of the ribs
Hess, Alfred J
Unger, Lester J
American Journal of Diseases of Children, 19(5), 331–336, 1920.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1010267
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1920
The Founders of Naval Hygiene: Lind, Trotter, and Blane
Taylor, JS

U.S. Naval Medical Bulletin, 14(4), 563-628, 1920.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10604304

1923
Infantile scurvy (Barlow's disease)
Hess, Alfred F

In: Pediatrics, vol. II, ed. Abt, 849-875.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15465662

1924
Studies in Scurvy. Part I: Examination of the antiscorbutic value of some vegetable products
Höjer, J. Axel
Acta Paediatrica, III(Supplement), 8-28, 1924.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7661233

1924
Studies in Scurvy. Part II: Histo-pathological studies
Höjer, J. Axel
Acta Paediatrica, III(Supplement), 29-115, 1924.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7661249

1924
Studies in Scurvy. Part III: Discussion of some scurvy problems
Höjer, J. Axel
Acta Paediatrica, III(Supplement), 115-140, 1924.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7661247

1924
Studies in Scurvy. Part IV: Scurvy and tuberculosis
Höjer, J. Axel
Acta Paediatrica, III(Supplement), 140-171, 1924.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7661245

1924
Studies in Scurvy. Part V: Records of cases
Höjer, J. Axel
Acta Paediatrica, III(Supplement), 172-278, 1924.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7661241

1924
Studies in Scurvy. Figures of histo-pathological examinations
Höjer, J. Axel
Acta Paediatrica, III(Supplement), 1924.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7661239

1926
Intracellular substances in experimental scorbutus
Wolbach, S Burt
Howe, Percy R
Archives of Pathology, 1(1), 1, 1926.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14526150

1927
L'état actuel de nos connaissances sur les vitamines: Leur application a l'hygiéne publique
Funk, Casimir
Rev. d Hyg. et de Med. Prev., 49, 561-580, 1927.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14496889

1928
The association of bowel disease with vitamin C deficiency
Mackie, FP
Chitre, GD
Indian Journal
of Medical Research, 16(1), 77-94, 1928.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14495925

1928
The symptomatology and gross morphology of experimental scurvy in the guinea pig
Meyer, Arthur W.
Stanford University Publications, University Series. Medical Sciences, II(2), 133-170, 1928.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7661090

1928
The minute morphology of experimental scurvy in the guinea pig
Meyer, Arthur W.
Stanford University Publications, University Series. Medical Sciences, II(2), 171-195, 1928.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7661167

1928
Some characteristics of the blood of the guinea pig in experimental scurvy
McCormick, Lewis M.
Stanford University Publications, University Series. Medical Sciences, II(2), 199-233, 1928.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7661187

1931
Diätetik und Tuberkulose unter Besonderer Berucksichtigung
des Kalkstoffwechsels und der Bedeutung der Vitamine
Stub-Christensen, V
Acta Tuberculosea Scandinavica (Kobenh.), 5, 235-263, 1931.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14497159

1932
Recent advances in knowledge of scurvy and the antiscorbutic vitamin
Hess, Alfred F
JAMA, 98(17), 1429-1433, 1932.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14609694

1932
Diet, nutrition and infection
Hess, Alfred F
New England Journal of Medicine, 207(15), 637-648, 1932.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14609616

1934
Pathologic changes in the organs of scorbutic guinea pigs
Bessey, Otto A.
Menten, Maud L.
King, C.G.
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 31, 455-460, 1934.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7695238

1934
The vitamins and resistance to infection
Robertson, Elizabeth Chant

Medicine, 13(3), 123-206, 1934.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14496927

1934
The influence of nutrition upon resistence to infection
Clausen, SW

Physiological Reviews, 14(3), 309-350, 1934.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14497214

1936
Cardiovascular and arthritic lesions in guinea-pigs
with chronic scurvy and hemolytic streptococcic infections
Schultz, Mark P.
Archives of Pathology, 21, 472-495, 1936.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7695321

1936
Vitamin C in the treatment of pneumonia
Gander, J
Niederberger, J
Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift, 83(51), 2074-2077, 1936.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6406760

1937
Effect of acute scurvy on the guinea-pig heart
McBroom, Josephine
Sunderland, Douglas A.
Mote, John R.
Archives of Pathology, 23, 20-32, 1937.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7695419

1937
Vitamin C in the treatment of croupous pneumonia
Hochwald, A
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 63(5), 182–184,
1937.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6406698

1937
Role of vitamin C in resistance
Perla, David
Marmorston, Jessie

Archives of Pathology, 23, 543-575, 683-712, 1937.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14527877

1937
Erfahrungen über die Behandlung der Lungenentzündung mit C-vitamin
[In German; Treatment of inflammation of the lungs with vitamin C]
Vogl, A
Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift, 84, 1569-1572, 1937.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15202539

1937
Erfahrungen mit Vitamin C in der Pneumoniebehandlung
Gunzel, W
Kroehnert, G
Fortschritte der Therapie, 11(8), 460-463, 1937
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10933115

1939
The therapeutic application of vitamin C in peridental disease
Roff, F Stanley
Glazebrook, AJ
Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service, 25, 340-348, 1939.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14609923

1940
Über den Wert des C-Vitamins in der Behandlung einzelner akuter Infektionskrankheiten
Szirmai, Friedrich
Deutsches Archiv für klinische Medizin, 185, 434-443, 1940.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15202715

1944
Some Aspects of Vitamin C Metabolism
Farmer, Chester J
Federation Proceedings, 3, 179-188, 1944.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10931307

1944
Vitamin C economy in the human subject
Pijoan, Michel
Lozner, Eugene L
Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, 75(5), 303-314, 1944.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10931162

1946
Severe scurvy: A clinical and hematologic study
Vilter, Richard W
Woolford, Robert M
Spies, Tom D
Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 31(Jun), 609-630, 1946.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10203880

1948
Virus pneumonia and its treatment with vitamin C
Klenner, Fred R
Southern Medicine and Surgery, 110(2), 36–38,
1948.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10932789

1949
Der Tagesbedarf des Erwachsenen an Vitamin C [Adult requirements for vitamin C].
Scheunert, VA
International journal for vitamin and nutrition research. 1949, 20, 374–386
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10932392

1951
Massive doses of vitamin C and the virus diseases
Klenner, Fred R
Southern Medicine and Surgery, 113(Apr), 101-107, 1951.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14495005

1953
Editor's Foreword
Stewart, CP
Guthrie, Douglas
In: LIND'S TREATISE ON SCURVY: A Bicentennial Volume
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10604636

1953
The Third Edition of the Treatise
Stewart, CP
In: LIND'S TREATISE ON SCURVY: A Bicentennial Volume
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10604737

1953
The Lind Tradition in the Royal Naval Medical Service
Dudley, Sheldon
In: LIND'S TREATISE ON SCURVY: A Bicentennial Volume
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10605143

1953
James Lind and Some of his Contemporaries
Guthrie, Douglas
Meiklejohn, AP
In: LIND'S TREATISE ON SCURVY: A Bicentennial Volume
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10605213

1953
Vitamin C requirement of human adults: Concise Account of the Experiment; Summary
Bartley, W
Krebs, HA
O'Brien, JRP
This text contains the case reports of the participants of the final report of the Sheffield study (1953) which examined the requirement for vitamin C.
Spec Rep Ser Med Res Counc (GB), 280,
73-88, 1953.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7661782

1953
Vitamin C requirement of human adults: Concise Account of the Experiment; Summary
Bartley, W
Krebs, HA
O'Brien, JRP
This is sections "Concise Account of the Experiment" "Summary" of the final report of the Sheffield study (1953) which examined the requirement for vitamin C.
Spec Rep Ser Med Res Counc (GB), 280, 1-21,143-144, 1953.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14628064

1953
Vitamin C requirement of human adults: Diet
Bartley, W
Krebs, HA
O'Brien, JRP
This is section "Diet" of the final report of the Sheffield study (1953) which examined the requirement for vitamin C.
Spec Rep Ser Med Res Counc (GB), 280, 56-69, 1953.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14628199

1953
Effect of vitamin C deprivation on the duration of colds in the Sheffield study (1953):
a statistical analysis
Hemilä, Harri
Zenodo 2025
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14717360

1960
Can water-soluble vitamins be over-dosed? Research on vitamin C
Gordonoff, T
Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift, 90(Jul 2), 726-9, 1960.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11066294

1967
Colored precipitation reaction of the urine according to Kimbarowski (FARK)
as an index of the effect of ascorbic acid during treatment of viral influenza
Kimbarowski, JA
Mokrow, NJ
Deutsche Gesundheitswesen, 22(51), 2413-2418, 1967.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7116182

1970
Ascorbic acid in the complex therapy of acute pneumonia
Mochalkin, NL
Voenno-meditsinskii zhurnal, 9, 17-21, 1970.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7097483

1974
Vitamin C metabolism during the treatment of acute pneumonia with antibiotics
Mochalkin, NL
Klinicheskaia meditsina, 52(12), 61-5, 1974.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7097562

1975
Vitamin C requirement in patients with acute pneumonia during treatment with antibiotics
Mochalkin, NL
Vrachebnoe delo, 9, 88-92, 1975.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7097591

1974
Health problems and vitamin C in Canadian Northern Military operations
Sabiston, Brian H.
Radomski, Manny W.
Defence Research Board, Department of National Defence. DCIEM REPORT NO. 74-R-1012
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7303680

1977
On a substance that can make us sick (if we do not eat it!)
Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert
Executive Health, XIII(9), 1-6, 1977.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14671493

1978
How new understandings about the biological function of ascorbic acid may profoundly affect our lives!
Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert
Executive Health, XIV(8), 1–4,
1978.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14627378

1981
The War Years (1939-1945)
Krebs, Hans
Martin, Anne
In: Reminiscences and Reflections, 119-125.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14866789

1988
Ascorbic acid, carnitine and fatigue
Hughes, R Elwyn
Medical Science Research, 16(14), 721-723, 1988.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10932709

1991
Vitamin C.
Panel on Dietary Reference Values
In: Dietary reference values for food energy and nutrients for the United Kingdom. Report of the Panel on Dietary Reference Values of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy
Reports on Health and Social Subjects, 41, 117-122, 1991.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13946536

1994
The clinical effects of vitamin C supplementation in elderly hospitalised patients
with acute respiratory infections
Hunt, C
Chakravorty, NK
Annan, G
Habibzadeh, N
Schorah, CJ
International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 63(3), 212-9, 1994.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6406235

2003
Scurvy in pediatric patients: a review of 28 cases
Ratanachu-Ek, Suntaree
Sukswai, Pisit
Jeerathanyasakun, Yongyot
Wongtapradit, Lawan
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand, 86(Suppl 3), S734-S740, 2003.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7756608

2024
The symptoms of vitamin C deficiency. 1.
Observations and descriptions by Hess, Lind, Trotter and Blane.
Hemilä, Harri
Zenodo 2024
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10685194

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