"cure" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- James Lind cured scurvy using a controlled experiment that has been described as the first clinical trial.
- One of the most famous clinical trials was James Lind's demonstration in 1747 that citrus fruits cure scurvy.
- Ship captains assumed wrongly that Lind's suggestions didn't work because those juices failed to cure scurvy.
- The Norway spruce is the source of spruce beer, which was once used to prevent and even cure scurvy.
- Sometimes the leaves are eaten to cure scurvy, and in some countries the rhizomes are used medicinally.
- Most famously, he urged the use of fresh fruit and vegetables to cure scurvy.
- The plant acquired its common name from the observation that it cured scurvy, and it was taken on board ships in dried bundles or distilled extracts.
- By conducting the first ever clinical trial, he developed the theory that citrus fruits cured scurvy.
- The Indians made tonics; Southerners cured scurvy with them, built festivals around them and foraged them so thoroughly they nearly disappeared.
- But now imagine he did that even though it was already known you could cure scurvy by giving the sailors limes.
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