Field Visit
Date 23 July 1999
Event ID 612504
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612504
Plain plaque containing a low relief portrait bust of James Lind and inscription.
Inscriptions : On plaque (raised letters): "THE PROVINCE HAS BEEN MINE TO DELIVER PRECEPTS; / THE POWER IS IN OTHERS TO EXECUTE." / 1716 [portrait] 1794 / JAMES LIND / M.D. (EDIN) R.C.P.E. F.R.S.E. / "THE HIPPOCRATES OF NAVAL MEDICINE" / AUTHOR OF: / A TREATISE OF THE SCURVY / AN ESSAY ON PRESERVING THE / HEALTH OF SEAMEN / AN ESSAY ON DISEASES INCIDENTAL / TO EUROPEANS IN HOT CLIMATES / THESE WORKS LED TO THE CONQUEST / OF SCURVY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF / MODERN NAVAL HYGIENE AND THE / GROWTH OF TROPICAL MEDICINE / THIS PLAQUE IS PRESENTED IN HONOUR OF / THE FIRST EXPERIMENTAL NUTRITIONIST. / A GREAT PHYSICIAN AND SCIENTIST / BY / THE SUNKIST GROWERS OF CITRUS FRUIT / IN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA / 22ND MAY, 1953
Signatures : None
Year of unveiling : 1953
Unveiling details : 22 May 1953
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0159)
