[Sca-cooks] Lemons in Middle English

[James Prescott]

Same voyage.  Captain Lancaster, though in overall command of the
four ships, used the juices for his own crew only, which suggests
that it was not Company policy at the time of his voyage.  It is
suggested that he was experimenting (in the event, at the expense
of the crews of the other three ships).


Thorvald


At 20:36 -0600 2005-02-07, Terry Decker wrote:
>  This is coincident with the date and location for James Lancaster 
> (of the East India Company) dosing his crew with citrus juice.  My 
> information says that was done just for his crew.  This raises the 
> question of whether the cure was generalized for the whole of the 
> East India Company or whether your source generalized and isolated 
> incident.
>
>  Bear
>
>>  Scurvy was also mentioned:
>>
>>  The English East India Company is mentioned as gathering oranges
>>  and lemons from Madagascar in 1601 which they turned into juice
>>  specifically for use against scurvy.
>>
>>
>>  Thorvald
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