tl;dr This is an endorsement of the Vitamin B deficiency theory first suggested by Park & Stenton in 2019 ("Use Your Best Endeavours..."), namely, that a lack of game northwest of King William Island could have led to beriberi derailing the Franklin Expedition.
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Alison
A new paper by Keith Millar has just been published online for Polar Record. Excitement! #19thC #HistMed #NavalHistory
"Victorian prescience: The Lancet medical journal and the loss of the Franklin expedition, 1845–1859".
bit.ly/3uREeXf
"Victorian prescience: The Lancet medical journal and the loss of the Franklin expedition, 1845–1859".
bit.ly/3uREeXf
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