pp semi protected small yes Infobox disease Name Scurvy Image Scorbutic gums.jpg Caption Scorbutic gums, a symptom of scurvy. Note gingival redness in the triangle shaped interdental papilla e between ... 628 MeshID D012614 Scurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C , which is required ... from the Latin name of scurvy, scorbutus , which also provides the adjective scorbutic of, characterized by or having to do with scurvy . Scurvy often presents itself initially as symptoms of malaise ... pale, feels depressed, and is partially immobilized. As scurvy advances, there can be open, suppuration suppurating wounds, loss of teeth, jaundice, fever, neuropathy and death. Scurvy was at one time ... by Hippocrates c. 460 BC c. 380 BC , and herbal cures for scurvy have been known in many native cultures since prehistory. Scurvy was one of the limiting factors of marine travel, often killing ... to play a significant role through World War I in the 20th century. Today scurvy is known to be caused by a nutritional deficiency, but until the isolation of vitamin C and its direct link to scurvy ... of scurvy was not known until 1932, and treatment was inconsistent, with many ineffective treatments ... 1753 book, A Treatise of the Scurvy, ref name lind james cite book author Lind, James title A Treatise on the Scurvy publisher A. Millar location London year 1753 ref though his advice was not implemented by the Royal Navy for several decades. In infants, scurvy is sometimes referred to as Barlow ... title Infantile scurvy the centenary of Barlow s disease journal Br Med J Clin Res Ed volume 287 issue ... url ref harv ref a British physician who described it. ref cite book title The History of Scurvy ... include Moeller s disease and Cheadle s disease . Scurvy does not occur in most animals because they can ..., lemons, limes, grapefruits , tomatoes, potatoes, cabbages, and green peppers. Cause Scurvy or subclinical scurvy is caused by the lack of vitamin C. In modern Western societies, scurvy is rarely present ... more details
Infobox musical artist name Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew image background group or band origin Florida , United States USA genre Pirate hip hop music hip hop years active 2006&ndash present label Nonexistent Recordings website http www.myspace.com captaindan Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew is an electronic music group specializing in pirate themed hip hop music . Musical style Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew combines elements from hip hop music genres such as gangsta rap , nerdcore hip hop , and crunk with Baroque music Baroque and Classical period music Classical instrumentation, usually achieved through the use of synthesizer s and other methods associated with computer music . Lyrically, the group discusses a number of pirate related subjects but with a rap styled twist. Life on the International waters high seas , threats against rival pirate crews, and recreational drug use are common themes addressed by lead vocalist and lyricist Captain Dan Dolan and a cast of supporting vocalists. Also some of their songs are more dirty sounding and explicit. Influences cited by the group include Davy Jones Pirates of the Caribbean Davy Jones , and Blackbeard . ref name influences cite news url http music.podshow.com music listeners artistdetails.php?BandHash 0ce5d75fea98c145ff48e96ccf7b5d09 ... and the Scurvy Crew date 2007 09 27 ref Biography Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew was formed in 2006 .... Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew has appeared on a number of radio talk shows, including The Awful ... www.nonexistentrecordings.com Nonexistent Recordings http www.myspace.com captaindan Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew on MySpace http www.facebook.com CaptainDanPirateRap Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew on Facebook http www.youtube.com user CaptainDanPirateRap Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew on YouTube DEFAULTSORT Captain Dan & The Scurvy Crew Category American hip hop groups Category Musical groups from Florida Category Musical groups established in 2006 Category Piracy in fiction pt Captain Dan & the Scurvy ... more details
infobox Television show name Those Scurvy Rascals image caption Those Scurvy Rascals title card format Animation runtime 3.5 minutes approx. per episode creator Blue Zoo Productions starring http nickmercer.com Nick Mercer all voices country UK network Nickelodeon UK first aired May 2005 num episodes 26 Those Scurvy Rascals is a children s List of animated television series animated series following the adventures of three underwear obsessed pirates. First aired by Nickelodeon UK in May 2005, it is now broadcast worldwide. The main characters Sissy Le Poop, Smelly Pete and Shark Bait plus Polly the Parrot all live on the ship called The Soiled Pair and go on a different random adventure in every episode. The series was developed and produced by Blue Zoo Productions and is owned by Entara . The opening sequence features their ship and the names of the characters. The theme song is as follows They sail upon the ocean from Jamaica to Penzance , but they don t want gold and they don t want treasure, they only want your pants pants on the poop deck, pants in the hold, pants in the chest where there should be gold, pants in the crows nest, pants at sea, and a big pair of pants where the sail should be those scurvy rascals Episodes Pilot Pant Island 2005 Pants Odyssey 2005 Pet Pants 2005 Pantartica 2005 The Great Pantcreas Operation 2005 Scaredy Pants 2005 Under Water Pants 2006 Raiders of the Lost Pants 2006 Mail Pants 2006 Super Pants 2006 Dr Pete & Mr Hyde 2006 Robot Pants 2006 Mama Bait 2006 Fist Full of Pants 2006 Miner Pants 2006 Pirate Pant Pasty 2006 1001 Arabian Pants 2006 Sumo Pants 2006 Jurassic Pants 2006 Panties Are Forever 2006 Princess and the Pants 2006 Panties on Parade ... http www.blue zoo.co.uk Blue Zoo Productions Creators of Those Scurvy Rascals http www.entara.co.uk Entara Owners of Those Scurvy Rascals imdb title 0862630 Category British animated television series de Diese Buxen R uber is essir grallarasp ar pt Those Scurvy Rascals ru ... more details
Barlow s disease may refer to Infantile scurvy named after Sir Thomas Barlow medicine Thomas Barlow 1845 1945 Mitral valve prolapse dab tl Karamdaman ni Barlow ... more details
italic title The unrelated Scurvy grass Sorrel Oxalis enneaphylla is sometimes simply called scurvygrass . For the Roman era spoons see Cochlearia spoon taxobox name Scurvy grass image Cochlearia excelsa.jpg image caption Cochlearia offcinalis subsp. pyrenaica regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms ... text Scurvy grass Cochlearia species a.k.a. Scurvy grass , Scurvygrass , or Spoonwort is a genus of about .... Cochlearia acutangula Cochlearia aestuaria Estuarine Scurvy grass Cochlearia alatipes Cochlearia anglica English Scurvy grass Cochlearia aragonensis Cochlearia changhuaensis Cochlearia cyclocarpa Roundfruit Scurvy grass Cochlearia danica Early or Danish Scurvy grass Cochlearia fenestrata Arctic Scurvy grass Cochlearia formosana Cochlearia fumarioides Cochlearia furcatopilosa Cochlearia glastifolia Cochlearia groenlandica Greenland Scurvy grass Cochlearia henryi Cochlearia hui Cochlearia ... East Asian Scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis Common Scurvy grass including C. excelsa , C. pyrenaica ... Sessile leaved or Alaskan Scurvy grass Cochlearia sinuata Cochlearia tatrae Cochlearia tridactylites Three fingered Scurvy grass Cochlearia warburgii Two species formerly included in the genus ... armoracia Wasabi Wasabia japonica previously Cochlearia wasabi Cook s scurvy grass, Lepidium oleraceum , was used by James Cook to prevent scurvy, but is now almost extinct. http www.nzherald.co.nz section story.cfm?c id 1&ObjectID 10406289 Uses Scurvy grass was extensively eaten in the past by sailor s suffering from scurvy after returning from long voyages citation needed date April 2012 ... horseradish and watercress , are also sometimes used in salad s. Scurvy grass Sorrel Oxalis enneaphylla ... to treat scurvy. Scurvy grass and roads The advent of modern fast road s treated with salt in winter for ice clearance has resulted in the colonisation by scurvy grass of many inland areas where it formerly did not occur. The scurvy grass seed s become trapped on automobile car wheel s, transported ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2008 John Mason was Captain nautical master of the Prince of Wales ship Prince of Wales in the First Fleet . The Prince of Wales left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, carrying one male and forty nine female convicts, and arrived at Port Jackson , Sydney, Australia , on 26 January 1788. She left Port Jackson on 14 August 1788, and arrived back in London , via Rio de Janeiro , on 30 April 1789. John Mason died of scurvy on the return voyage. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mason, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mason, John Category English sailors Category Deaths from scurvy Category Year of death unknown hist stub ... more details
File Vasili and Tatiana Pronchishchev.jpg thumb Vasili Pronchishchev and his wife. Forensic facial reconstruction Maria Pronchishcheva , 1710 23 September 1736 a Russia n explorer. In 1735 with her husband, Vasili Pronchishchev , went down the Lena River from Yakutsk on Vasili s sloop Yakutsk , doubled its delta, and stopped for wintering at the mouth of the Olenek River . Unfortunately many members of the crew fell ill and died, mainly owing to scurvy . Despite the difficulties, in 1736, they reached the eastern shore of the Taymyr Peninsula and went north along its coastline. Finally Pronchishcheva and her husband succumbed to scurvy and died on the way back. Maria is considered the first female polar explorer. Maria Pronchishcheva Bay in the Laptev Sea is named after her. References http www.vor.ru Events program9.html Historical data Excavations at the burial site of the couple http www.shparo.com proncheshev proncheshev overview.htm Use the DEFAULTSORT magic word to sort this article in all categories Polar exploration state collapsed Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pronchishcheva, Maria ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 23 September 1736 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pronchishcheva, Maria Category 1736 deaths Category Explorers of the Arctic Category Russian explorers Category Explorers of Asia Category Explorers of Siberia Category Laptev Sea Category Deaths from scurvy pl Maria Proncziszczewa pt Maria Pronchishcheva ru , ... more details
italictitle C. fenestrata may refer to Cephalia fenestrata , a picture winged fly species Cephaloleia fenestrata , a rolled leaf beetle species in the genus Cephaloleia found in Costa Rica Clidemia fenestrata , a plant species in the genus Clidemia Cochlearia fenestrata , the Arctic scurvy grass, a plant species in the genus Cochlearia Cotinusa fenestrata , Taczanowski, 1878, a jumping spider species in the genus Cotinusa found in Peru Crucigenia fenestrata , an algae species in the genus Crucigenia See also Fenestrata disambiguation Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
italic title taxobox name Cochlearia danica image Cochlearia danica Crozon 060416w.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Brassicales familia Brassicaceae genus Cochlearia species C. danica binomial Cochlearia danica Cochlearia danica , or Danish Scurvy grass is a flowering plant of the genus Cochlearia in the family Brassicaceae . A salt tolerant normally coastal plant spreading along roads and motorways in Europe. The mauve flowers are 4 5mm in diameter. ref http www.plant identification.co.uk skye cruciferae cochlearia danica.htm Danish Scurvy Grass , Plant Identification.co.uk, accessed February 2011 ref References reflist commons Cochlearia danica Category Brassicaceae Brassicales stub de D nisches L ffelkraut es Cochlearia danica hsb Danski chr n nl Deens lepelblad pl Warzucha du ska fi Tanskankuirimo ... more details
italic title taxobox image Cochlearia anglica 01.jpg name Cochlearia anglica regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Brassicales familia Brassicaceae genus Cochlearia species C. anglica binomial Cochlearia anglica binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus L. The flowering plant Cochlearia anglica is known by the common names English scurvy grass and long leaved scurvy grass . It is a plant of the coastlines of Europe, especially the British Isles. It is edible, and as its name suggests, it is rich in vitamin C . It has spade shaped leaves and white flowers. References http www.pfaf.org database plants.php?Cochlearia anglica Plants for a Future page http www.ukwildflowers.com Web pages cochlearia anglica english scurvygrass.htm Photo Category Brassicaceae Category Flora of the United Kingdom Category Plants described in 1759 Brassicales stub de Englisches L ffelkraut es Cochlearia anglica hsb Jend elski chr n nl Engels lepelblad ... more details
s guinea pig model of scurvy proved to be the key biological assay which allowed identification ... of scurvy Article in Norwegian Norum KR, Grav HJ. ref ref http jn.nutrition.org cgi reprint 53 1 1 Axel ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 two other uses the 1999 film The Limey the French village Limey Remenauville Wiktionary limey Limey is an old slang nickname, often pejorative , for the British people British , originally referring to their sailor s. It has since been used as a derogatory term that relates to English people English people. The term is believed to derive from Lime fruit , referring to the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy practice of supplying lime juice to British sailors to prevent scurvy . ref cite web url http oxforddictionaries.com definition Limey title Definition of Limey from Oxford Dictionaries accessdate 2011 07 06 ref The benefits of citrus juice were well known at the time thanks to the acute observations of surgeon James Lind who studied the effects of citrus on scurvy in 1747. ref Carlisle, Rodney 2004 . Scientific American Inventions and Discoveries , p.393. John Wiley & Songs, Inc., New Jersey. ISBN 0 471 24410 4. ref Limes replaced lemon s because limes were more readily available from Britain s own Caribbean colonies. Lemon juice was reintroduced after scurvy again became a problem because of lime juice lacking sufficient vitamin C . The term is thought to have originated in the Caribbean in the 1870s. A Folk etymology false etymology is that it is a derivative of Cor blimey God blind me or God blight me . Citation needed date November 2010 See also Tommy Atkins Notes Reflist See also Alternative names for the British Ethnic slurs Category Ethnic and religious slurs Category Anti English sentiment de Limey ... more details
Infobox Television show name The Giblet Boys image Image GibletBoys.png 220px caption The Giblet Boys Title Card genre Children s br Slapstick br Comedy creator Nick Fisher director Charles Martin br David Skynner starring Jack Bannon br Scott Chisholm actor Scott Chisholm br Michael Kosminsky br Rupert Holliday Evans br Anna Mountford br Charlie Mudie composer White Label UK country UK language English Language English num series 2 num episodes 13 executive producer producer Davina Belling br Clive Parsons asst producer Bruce Abrahams editor Iain Erskine runtime 22 minutes network ITV ITV Network CITV first aired 7 January 2005 last aired 1 December 2005 website The Giblet Boys is a British comedy about three brothers, Pud, Kevin and Scurvy, and their adventures usually involving their devious Mum. The show was broadcast between 7 January 2005 and 1 December 2005. Cast Scurvy Jack Bannon Kevin Michael Kosminsky Pud Scott Chisholm actor Scott Chisholm Mum Anna Mountford Dad Rupert Holliday Evans Miss. Cabin Charlie Mudie Jeweller Barnaby Edwards External links imdb title 0442636 tv.com 30858 The Giblet Boys DEFAULTSORT Giblet Boys Category Children s ITV television programmes UK tv stub ... more details
Avgust Karlovich Tsivolko , also spelled as Tsivolka lang pl August Cywolka , lang ru 1810 March 28 Old Style O.S. March 16 , 1839 was a Russia n navigator and Arctic explorer. In 1834 1835, Avgust Tsivolko took part in the Pyotr Kuzmich Pakhtusov Pakhtusov expedition towards Novaya Zemlya . In 1837, Tsivolko commanded a schooner named Krotov during the Karl Ernst von Baer Baer expedition towards Novaya Zemlya. He was the one to map the Matochkin Strait in the course of this expedition. In 1838 Tsivolko was put in charge of the mapping expedition and sent towards the northern and northeastern shores of Novaya Zemlya. Avgust Tsivolko died of scurvy during this expedition. A gulf in the Kara Sea and a group of islands in the Nordenski ld Archipelago are named after Avgust Tsivolko. Polar exploration state collapsed Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Tsivolko, Avgust ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1810 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1839 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Tsivolko, Avgust Category 1810 births Category 1839 deaths Category Explorers of the Arctic Category Russian and Soviet polar explorers Category Russian explorers Category Deaths from scurvy explorer stub bg pt Avgust Tsivolko nl Avgoest Tsivolko pl August Cywolka ru , ... more details
field known for prevention of maritime diseases and cure for scurvy years active education work ... cured scurvy . He argued for the health benefits of better ventilation aboard naval ships, the improved ... and the treatment of scurvy journal Archive of Disease in Childhood Foetal Neonatal volume 76 ... of HMS Salisbury 1746 6 in the Channel Fleet , and conducted his experiment on scurvy while that ship .... ref name ADC1997 Legacy Prevention and cure of scurvy Main ScurvyScurvy is a disease now known to be caused ... contracted scurvy. According to Lind, scurvy caused more deaths in the British fleets than French and Spanish arms. ref Brown, Stephen R. 2003 . Scurvy How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman Solved ... not become widespread. Although Lind was not the first to suggest citrus fruit as a cure for scurvy ... of medicine. Lind thought that scurvy was due to putrefaction of the body which could be helped ... after two months at sea when the ship was afflicted with scurvy. He divided twelve scorbutic sailors ... as a physician. In 1753 he published A treatise of the scurvy , which was virtually ignored. In 1758 ... that scurvy was essentially a result of ill digested and putrefying food within the body, bad ... advocated citrus juice as a single solution. He believed that scurvy had multiple causes which therefore required multiple remedies. ref Bartholemew, M, James Lind and Scurvy a Revaluation , in Journal ... continued to be wedded to the idea that scurvy was a disease of putrefaction, curable by the administration ... that citrus juices provided the answer to scurvy even if the reason was unknown. On the insistence ... intake of 10 mg vitamin C. There was no serious outbreak of scurvy. This astonishing event resulted ... of Scurvy in the Royal Navy 1793 1800 A Challenge to Current Orthodoxy . The Mariners Mirror ... 1989 publisher Hawaiian Historical Society, Honolulu ref This was not the immediate end of scurvy ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Fishburn was the largest of the three First Fleet storeships. She was built at Whitby in 1780, and was of 378 tons. Her master was Robert Brown master Robert Brown . She left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, and arrived at Port Jackson , Sydney, Australia , on 26 January 1788. She left Port Jackson on 19 November 1788, keeping company with the Golden Grove ship Golden Grove until losing sight of her on 11 April 1789 after several days at the Falkland Islands for recovery of crew members who were sick with scurvy . She arrived back in England on 25 May 1789. DEFAULTSORT Fishburn Ship Category Ships of the First Fleet Category 1780s ships Ship stub de Fishburn simple Fishburn ship ... more details
File First Fleet stores ship Borrowdale.jpg thumb Borrowdale , First Fleet, from three angles The Borrowdale was a First Fleet storeship of 272 tons, built in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Sunderland in 1785. She left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, and arrived at Port Jackson , Sydney, Australia on 26 January 1788. She left Port Jackson on 14 July 1788 to return to England via Cape Horn . The crew was so badly affected by scurvy that the master Mariner master , Hobson Reed , took her to Rio de Janeiro , where the harbour master and his men had to bring the ship to its berth. Five of the crew died on the homeward voyage. References Unreferenced date July 2008 Category Ships of the First Fleet Category 1780s ships ship stub simple Borrowdale ship ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Arcanum corallinum , in alchemy , is a preparation of red precipitate, made by distilling it with spirit of nitre , and repeating the distillation again and again, till a red powder is produced. This powder is then boiled in water, and the water poured off, and Tartaric acid tartarized spirit of wine put to the powder. Two or three redistillations are made, creating a powder that was used for treating gout , Edema dropsy , scurvy , etc. It operates chiefly by stool. References 1728 http digicoll.library.wisc.edu cgi bin HistSciTech HistSciTech idx?type turn&entity HistSciTech000900240170&isize L treatment stub Category Alchemical substances Category Traditional medicine ... more details
Arcanum duplicatum potassium sulfate , also known as panacea duplicata , in pre modern medicine , is a preparation of the caput mortuum , or the remaining residue from distillation or sublimation, of aqua fortis , by dissolving it in hot water, filtering, and evaporating it to a cuticle. It is then left to shoot. It was used as a diuretic and sudorific . The recipe was purchased for 500 dollars by the Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein Gottorp Duke of Holstein . Schroder, the prince s physician, wrote wonders of its great uses in hypochondriac al cases, continued and intermitting fever s, stone, scurvy , etc. References 1728 http digicoll.library.wisc.edu cgi bin HistSciTech HistSciTech idx?type turn&entity HistSciTech000900240170&isize L treatment stub Category Alchemical substances Category Traditional medicine ... more details
Blane , also spelled Blaine, Blain or Blayne, is a Scottish and Irish surname Blane is more frequent in Scotland, the other forms in Ireland , derived from a forename Forename Saint Blane Surname Sir Gilbert Blane 1749 1834 Scottish physician who pioneered the use of limejuice in the Royal Navy as a preventative for scurvy Sally Blane 1910 1997 American actress Only nationally or internationally notable people should be listed. A good test is whether there is already a Wikipedia article about them. Jonas Blane Fictional Character in the American television show The Unit See also Blaine Blain surname ... more details
The evergreen aneda spelled either this way or as annedda by different 16th&ndash 17th century sources ref name oeuvres cite web url http www.classicistranieri.com french 1 7 2 5 17258 17258 h v3.htm title Oeuvres de Champlain, Tome III language French ref was used by Jacques Cartier and his men as a remedy against scurvy in the winter of 1535&ndash 1536. It is generally believed to have been Thuja occidentalis , ref name jardin cite web url http www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca jardin en premieres nations visite feuillue annedda.htm title The Mystery of Annedda ref ref cite web url http www.na.fs.fed.us Spfo pubs silvics manual Volume 1 thuja occidentalis.htm title Thuja occidentalis L. Northern White Cedar work Silvics of North America Agriculture Handbook 654 author Russell M. Burns and Barbara H. Honkala Technical Coordinators date December 1990 ref ref cite web url http www3.sympatico.ca goweezer canada z00cartier3.htm title Jacques Cartier s Second Voyage 1535 Winter & Scurvy accessdate 2008 01 23 format work ref ref cite journal author Martini E title Jacques Cartier witnesses a treatment for scurvy journal Vesalius volume 8 issue 1 pages 2 6 year 2002 pmid 12422875 doi ref a common tree in Quebec also known as Arborvitae. Samuel de Champlain , around 1608, was unable to find the remedy, and some have supposed that the Indians had lost their knowledge of the remedy in the intervening 72 years. ref cite journal title Captain Cook and Scurvy author Egon H. Kodicek, Frank G. Young journal Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London volume 24 issue 1 date Jun 1969 pages 43 63 doi 10.1098 rsnr.1969.0006 ref However, a more common explanation is that the St. Lawrence Iroquoians which Cartier met did not speak the same language as the Wyandot people Huron s or Iroquois living in the area at the time of Champlain, and so the term annedda meant nothing to the latter group. ref name oeuvres ref name jardin References references Burpee, Lawrence J. F.R.G.S. , Index and Di ... more details
Image Heald Island Antarctica.jpg thumb right Heald Island Coord 78 15 S 163 49 E display inline,title is an island , 3 miles 4.8 km long and 555 m high, which projects through the ice of the Koettlitz Glacier just east of Walcott Bay , in Victoria Land . It was discovered and named by the Discovery expedition 1901 04 for Seaman William L. Heald, a member of the expedition who saved the life of Ferrar when the latter was suffering from scurvy in 1902. See also List of antarctic and sub antarctic islands usgs gazetteer Category Islands of Victoria Land Category Scott Coast ScottCoast geo stub ... more details
William Stark may refer to William Stark loyalist 1724 1776 , older brother of Gen. John Stark, the hero of the Battle of Bennington William Ledyard Stark 1853 1922 , Nebraska Populist politician William Henry Stark 1851 1936 , industrial leader whose contributions helped the city of Orange, Texas develop financially William Stark physician 1742 1770 , English physician and medical pioneer who investigated scurvy by experimenting on himself with fatal consequences Billy Stark born 1956 , Scottish footballer See also Willie Stark , opera William E. Starke 1814 1862 , businessman hndis Stark, William ... more details
Orphan date October 2010 Mount Waugh coor dm 65 31 S 64 7 W is a mountain , 585 m, standing at the south side of Beascochea Bay 3.5 nautical miles 6 km northeast of Nunez Point , on the west coast of Graham Land . First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908 10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place Names Committee UK APC in 1959 for W.A. Waugh , American biochemist who, with Charles Glen King , first identified the antiscorbutic component from lemon juice, making possible the production of synthetic vitamin C to prevent scurvy, in 1932. usgs gazetteer DEFAULTSORT Waugh Category Mountains of Graham Land Category Graham Coast GrahamCoast geo stub ... more details
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