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Why Captain Cook always sailed with cabbage on board

Why Captain Cook always sailed with cabbage on board

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DATE : Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:33:00 -0800
Entered in Database : 2007-03-16 22:33:00
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During Captain Cook's first voyage in 1768, a mighty storm came up, injuring many sailors. To save the men from gangrene, the ship's doctor made a poultice of mashed cabbage and applied it to their wounds...

Learn more about Cook's cabbage, why cabbage was named Plant of the Year by the National Gardening Association and how it inspired one of the most notorious weapons of World War I...

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