James Lind

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Image:James lind.jpg James Lind (1716 – 1794), born Edinburgh, Scottish Surgeon in the Royal Navy (1739-1748); physician to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar (1758-1783); founder of naval hygiene in the United Kingdom and promoter of the use of citrus fruits and fresh vegetables to prevent and cure scurvy. The discovery was ignored until forty years after he discovered the cure. He influenced practices of preventive medicine and nutrition among soldiers as well as sailors.