The Invention of Vitamin C

2016-08-17

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“The cell is a wonderfully complex and precise little mechanism, and a disease is but disorder in this mechanism. The aim of medicine is to prevent or repair such disorders. It is impossible to repair a machine without knowing how it works.”

-Albert Szent-Györgyi, 1970

*** SOURCES AND LINKS ***

BOOKS

Scurvy: How A Surgeon, A Mariner And A Gentlemen Solved The Greatest Medical Mystery Of The Age Of Sail by Stephen R. Bown

https://goo.gl/bBGTlZ

The Crazy Ape by Albert Szent-Györgyi

https://goo.gl/B3r9RA

ARTICLES

Scott And Scurvy by Idle Words

http://goo.gl/b4tfuZ

Scurvy Is A Serious Public Health Problem by Karen D. Brown

http://goo.gl/ZOguhO

Vitamin C Sources

http://goo.gl/INENKT

Ascorbic Acid And The Formation Of Collagen

http://goo.gl/lcxTQM

Goat Vitamin C Production

http://goo.gl/6IcFGr

The Inuit Paradox

http://goo.gl/ZIfKkM

Age Of Sail

http://goo.gl/EB9PZ6

The East India Company And The Control Of Scurvy

http://goo.gl/57wfRl

Scurvy: A Disease Almost Forgotten

http://goo.gl/E866Ti

The Science Behind Historic Uses Of Urine by Mohi Kumar

http://goo.gl/qJJvDz

The Discovery Of Vitamin C

http://goo.gl/wdZoC2

Szent-Györgyi Quote

http://goo.gl/NkBpFe

The Natural History Of Ascorbic Acid In The Evolution Of Mammals

https://goo.gl/Gy5lVs

Captain Cook’s Beer

http://goo.gl/USdMkR

Vitamins’ Old, Old Edge by Carl Zimmer

http://goo.gl/m8RBCn

Blood Flow In The Human Body by Courtney Harrington

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwX41xm9esY

James Lind Painting By Robert A Thom

The Black Pirate (1926)

https://goo.gl/mTVj0U

Captain Kidd (1945)

https://goo.gl/1PV8XW

James Lind’s Treatise Of The Scurvy

http://goo.gl/CehKRe

Experimental Essays On The Following Subjects by David Macbride

https://goo.gl/mmi4sL

Catull Sirmiofe by Schorle

https://goo.gl/bcBTjk

Albert Szent-Györgyi’s Discovery Of Vitamin C

https://goo.gl/N0dhlh

Bioenergetics by Albert Szent-Györgyi

https://goo.gl/xczF7O

Scurvy Is Still Present In Developed Countries

http://goo.gl/BWZgCY

VIDEO CREDITS

Written, Produced, Edited and Hosted by Kevin Lieber

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Contributing Editor Matthew Tabor, Koala Fight Media

http://koala.fm/

VFX by Eric Langlay

https://www.youtube.com/c/ericlanglay

Sound Design by Jay Pellizzi

http://jaypellizzi.com/

Special Thanks Paula Lieber

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Craftality

Select Music by Jake Chudnow

https://www.youtube.com/user/jakechudnow

Vsauce2 Links

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The Curiosity Box

https://www.curiositybox.com/