Physician, born in Edinburgh, EC Scotland, UK. He served in the navy as a surgeon's mate, qualified in medicine at Edinburgh, and became physician at the Haslar naval hospital at Gosport. He is remembered for his research into cases of scurvy aboard ship; and his recommendation to the Royal Navy to issue citrus fruits and juices to sailors eradicated the disease. He also instigated delousing procedures, hospital ships, and distillation of seawater for drinking.
James Lind (1716 – 1794), born in Edinburgh, Scotland was a Surgeon in the Royal Navy (1739-1748); founder of naval hygiene in the United Kingdom and promoter of the use of citrus fruits and fresh vegetables to prevent and cure scurvy.
1750 - Elected Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
He was author of 'A Treatise of the Scurvy' (1753), which was one of the earliest attempts to try to understand the disease.
He is commemorated by a plaque in the Medical School of the University of Edinburgh, where he studied.
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