BWhat changed
A treatment claim was tested through an explicit concurrent multi-arm comparison rather than anecdote alone.
Scientific scope
The 1747 experiment as reported in 1753; not random assignment, vitamin-C mechanism, replication, naval adoption or eradication.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. This is a small 1747 comparative experiment reported in 1753, not a modern randomized controlled trial and not the beginning of naval citrus adoption.
Contributors
- James Lind · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.
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