lead acetate
lead acetate chemical compound, a white crystalline substance with a sweetish taste. Like other lead compounds, it is very poisonous. Lead acetate is soluble in water and glycerin. With water it forms the trihydrate, Pb(CH 3 COO) 2 ·3H 2 O, a colorless or white efflorescent monoclinic crystalline substance that is commonly known as sugar of lead, plumbous acetate, or Goulard's powder. Lead acetate is used as a mordant in textile printing and dyeing, as a drier in paints and varnishes, and in preparing other lead compounds. It is made by treating litharge (lead monoxide, PbO) with acetic acid.
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Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail
Magazine article from: Naval War College Review; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Brown, Stephen R. Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman...2003. 254pp. $23.95 The conquest of scurvy played as great a role as any naval battle...Age of Sail. Today we understand that scurvy is a condition caused by dietary deficiency...
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Take C to avoid marginal scurvy
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 10/17/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...for a heart attack because of marginal scurvy, a condition resulting from a lack of...sea voyages when its sailors died from scurvy? Today, we know that sailors of old...blood vessels, hemorrhage and death. Scurvy is considered history now, but recent...
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Scurvy Leads to Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Apoptosis in the Liver of Guinea Pigs1
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...ABSTRACT Insufficient ascorbate intake causes scurvy in certain species. Beyond its known...this might contribute to the pathology of scurvy. Guinea pigs were divided into 7 groups...processing participates in the pathology of scurvy. J. Nutr. 135: 2530-2534, 2005...
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A short history of scurvy.
Newspaper article from: Nutrition Health Review; 3/22/1992; 700+ words
; Scurvy is an ancient disease; its principal cause...acid (vitamin C) deficiency, but when scurvy devastated civilizations such as Egypt...caused by a diet of inadequate nutrients. Scurvy influenced the course of history, especially...
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Sailors and scurvy
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 7/15/2007; 655 words
; New Straits Times 07-15-2007 Sailors and scurvy Edition: New Sunday Times Section: Sunday People...know about, one that goes way back to a time when "scurvy" was common. Scurvy is a condition where your gums swell and bleed due...
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Scurvy's conquest and sailors' health.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...due in part to the control of such sea diseases as scurvy. The control of scurvy, allowing for more prolonged maritime explorations...along the Santa Fe trail in Kansas, which prevented scurvy among troops and pioneers crossing the central plains...
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Early scurvy complicating anorexia nervosa.
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT Scurvy is an extremely rare complication of anorexia...deficiencies. We report a case of early scurvy complicating long-standing anorexia...be increasing in incidence. Although scurvy is unusual, this case shows the importance...
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Scourge of scurvy
Newspaper article from: The Press; 3/30/2000; 505 words
; ...voyage to observe the transit of Venus, scurvy was one of the most dangerous. Ships...voyages often lost half of their crew to scurvy, a disease caused by a lack of vitamin...Cook did not lose a single crew member to scurvy because of his insistence on cleanliness...
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Recent case shows scurvy still a threat
Magazine article from: Dermatology Times; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Medicine highlights that a condition such as scurvy could occur in patients who are not thought...risk for developing the condition. "Scurvy is already well known to occur in developed...presentation, qualified him as having scurvy. "He had patches of lost hair on his...
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Citrus growers loosen up with `Scurvy Boy' aimed at Gen-Xers.(Business Times)(The Browser)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/16/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...in the Sunkist Growers cooperative, Scurvy Boy - their Internet icon - is far from a lemon. When Sunkist launched Scurvy Boy's Just One web site (http...emphasized quality and wholesomeness. "The Scurvy Boy Web site was, and still is, something...
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Scurvy
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
Scurvy Scurvy is a disease that results when people do not get enough vitamin C (also...in the diet over a period of weeks or months. Some of the effects of scurvy are spongy gums, loose teeth, weakened blood vessels that cause bleeding...
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scurvy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
scurvy deficiency disorder resulting from a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in the diet. Scurvy does not occur in most animals because they...are also good sources of this vitamin. Scurvy results in the weakening of capillaries...
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scurvy grass
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
scurvy grass A herb, Cochlearia officinalis , recommended as far back as the late sixteenth century as a remedy for scurvy .
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scurvy, alpine
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
scurvy, alpine See pellagra .
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Lind, James
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
...is remembered mainly for his work on scurvy, the vitamin C deficiency disease. Having observed sailors with scurvy, which was then a prevalent disease...citrus fruits recovered rapidly from their scurvy, while the others did not. Although...
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