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Scurvy is a disease now known to be caused by a deficiency of Vitamin C, but in Lind's day, the concept of vitamins was unknown.
In 1740 the catastrophic result of Anson's circumnavigation attracted much attention in Europe ; out of 1900 men, 1400 had died, most of them allegedly from having contracted scurvy.
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