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Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail by Stephen R Bown

Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail audiobook runs 8 hours unabridged, narrated by Dan Cashman (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8listening hrs
Medicine & Naturopathystore shelf
2004released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 8 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Medicine & Naturopathy shelf

1,322 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail is an audiobook by Stephen R Bown: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Dan Cashman, released January 1, 2004, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and Europe shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8 hrs
Narrated by
Dan Cashman
Released
January 1, 2004
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Medicine & Naturopathy, Europe
ISBN
9781597777698

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail audiobook?

Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

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Who narrates Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail?

Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail is narrated by Dan Cashman.