Early Settlements in Newfoundland and the Scourge of Scurvy

Autor:	J K Crellin
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Rural Population Canada Medical knowledge geography geography.geographical_feature_category business.industry Historical Article General Medicine Colonialism Scurvy medicine.disease Scurvy-grass History 17th Century Archaeology Peninsula Law Human settlement Health care Medicine Ethnology business
Zdroj:	Canadian Bulletin of Medical History. 17:127-136
ISSN:	2371-0179 0823-2105
DOI:	10.3138/cbmh.17.1.127
Popis:	Two important archeological investigations currently underway in the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, at Cupids (established 1610) and Ferryland (1621), help to focus questions on health and health care in early seventeenth-century English settlements. This review looks at one aspect only, the problem of scurvy and what treatments were tried. In adding to our understanding of early colonial settlements and on how new medicinal plants were “discovered,” the Newfoundland story reveals a considerable interest in local plants as substitutes for scurvy grass. Suggestions are offered on how they may have been chosen and the rationales behind their use.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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