James Lind scurvy while that ship was patrolling the Bay of Biscay. Just after that patrol he left the Navy, wrote his MD thesis on venereal diseases and earned his degree from the University of Edinburgh Medical School, and was granted a licence to practice in Edinburgh. Scurvy is a disease now known to be caused by a vitamin C deficiency, but in Lind's day, the concept of vitamins was unknown. Vitamin C is necessary for the maintenance of healthy connective tissue. In 1740 the catastrophic result of Anson's circumnavigation attracted much attention in Europe; out of 1900 men, 1400 had died,
The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days Doug Sampson, Ron Matthews, Terry Wapram and Bob Sawyer. The DVD won a 2004 "Metal Edge" Readers' Choice Award for Home Video/DVD of the Year. The second part of the "History of Iron Maiden" series was later included on the "Live After Death" DVD release in 2008, while a third installment was released as part of the "Maiden England '88" DVD in 2013. "The Early Days" was met with critical acclaim, with AllMusic describing it as "A masterpiece." "Classic Rock" gave the DVD 5 out of 5, calling the live footage "fascinating," while stating that "the tales of Maiden's early