The Invention of Vitamin C

Blanket Fort Memory Game:    • Blanket Fort Memory Game! | Vsauce 2 (Sesa...   “The cell is a wonderfully complex and precise little mechanism, and a disease is but disorder in this mechanism. The aim of medicine is to prevent or repair such disorders. It is impossible to repair a machine without knowing how it works.” -Albert Szent-Györgyi, 1970 ** SOURCES AND LINKS ** BOOKS Scurvy: How A Surgeon, A Mariner And A Gentlemen Solved The Greatest Medical Mystery Of The Age Of Sail by Stephen R. Bown https://goo.gl/bBGTlZ The Crazy Ape by Albert Szent-Györgyi https://goo.gl/B3r9RA ARTICLES Scott And Scurvy by Idle Words http://goo.gl/b4tfuZ Scurvy Is A Serious Public Health Problem by Karen D. Brown http://goo.gl/ZOguhO Vitamin C Sources http://goo.gl/INENKT Ascorbic Acid And The Formation Of Collagen http://goo.gl/lcxTQM Goat Vitamin C Production http://goo.gl/6IcFGr The Inuit Paradox http://goo.gl/ZIfKkM Age Of Sail http://goo.gl/EB9PZ6 The East India Company And The Control Of Scurvy http://goo.gl/57wfRl Scurvy: A Disease Almost Forgotten http://goo.gl/E866Ti The Science Behind Historic Uses Of Urine by Mohi Kumar http://goo.gl/qJJvDz The Discovery Of Vitamin C http://goo.gl/wdZoC2 Szent-Györgyi Quote http://goo.gl/NkBpFe The Natural History Of Ascorbic Acid In The Evolution Of Mammals https://goo.gl/Gy5lVs Captain Cook’s Beer http://goo.gl/USdMkR Vitamins’ Old, Old Edge by Carl Zimmer http://goo.gl/m8RBCn Blood Flow In The Human Body by Courtney Harrington    • Blood Flow in the Human Body   James Lind Painting By Robert A Thom The Black Pirate (1926) https://goo.gl/mTVj0U Captain Kidd (1945) https://goo.gl/1PV8XW James Lind’s Treatise Of The Scurvy http://goo.gl/CehKRe Experimental Essays On The Following Subjects by David Macbride https://goo.gl/mmi4sL Catull Sirmiofe by Schorle https://goo.gl/bcBTjk Albert Szent-Györgyi’s Discovery Of Vitamin C https://goo.gl/N0dhlh Bioenergetics by Albert Szent-Györgyi https://goo.gl/xczF7O Scurvy Is Still Present In Developed Countries http://goo.gl/BWZgCY VIDEO CREDITS Written, Produced, Edited and Hosted by Kevin Lieber Instagram:   / kevlieber   Twitter:   / kevinlieber   Website: http://kevinlieber.com Contributing Editor Matthew Tabor, Koala Fight Media http://koala.fm/ VFX by Eric Langlay    / ericlanglay   Sound Design by Jay Pellizzi http://jaypellizzi.com/ Special Thanks Paula Lieber https://www.etsy.com/shop/Craftality Select Music by Jake Chudnow    / jakechudnow   Vsauce2 Links Twitter:   / vsaucetwo   Facebook:   / vsaucetwo   Website: http://www.Vsauce.com The Curiosity Box https://www.curiositybox.com/