Scurvy was one of the limiting factors of marine travel, often killing large numbers of the passengers and crew on long-distance voyages.

Scurvy was documented as a disease by Hippocrates, and Egyptians have recorded its symptoms as early as 1550 BC.

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.

Scurvy was at one time common among sailors, pirates and others aboard ships at sea longer than perishable fruits and vegetables could be stored ( subsisting instead only on cured and salted meats and dried grains ) and by soldiers similarly separated from these foods for extended periods.

It was a Scottish surgeon in the Royal Navy, James Lind who first proved it could be treated with citrus fruit in experiments he described in his 1753 book, A Treatise of the Scurvy, though his advice was not implemented by the Royal Navy for several decades.

Scurvy or subclinical scurvy is caused by the lack of vitamin C. In modern Western societies, scurvy is rarely present in adults, although infants and elderly people are affected.

Scurvy can be prevented by a diet that includes certain citrus fruits such as oranges or lemons.

Scurvy can be treated by eating food containing vitamin C such as oranges, papaya, strawberries, lemon, tablets with vitamin C, etc.

A 1707 handwritten book by Mrs Ebot Mitchell discovered in a house in Hasfield, Gloucestershire contains a " Recp. t for the Scurvy " that consisted of extracts from various plants mixed with a plentiful supply of orange juice, white wine or beer.

Scurvy caused by poor nutrition afflicted 75 percent of prisoners.

For example, he says that the Medieval Christians frequently experienced " visions " of Heaven and Hell during the winter, when their diets were severely hampered by lack of critical nutrients in their food supplies ( vitamin B, vitamin C )— these people frequently contracted Scurvy and other deficiencies, causing them to hallucinate.

* Scurvy – caused by a dietary deficiency in vitamin C, leading to abnormal collagen.

Scurvy is one of the accompanying diseases of malnutrition ( other such micronutrient deficiencies are beriberi or pellagra ) and thus is still widespread in areas of the world depending on external food aid.

* James Lind publishes the first edition of A Treatise on the Scurvy ( although it is little noticed at this time ).

* Observations on the Nature and Cure of Calculus, Sea Scurvy, Consumption, Catarrh, and Fever ( 1793 )

* Highet, Megan 2010 " It Depends on Where You Look ": The Unusual Presentation of Scurvy and Smallpox Among Klondike Gold Rushers as Revealed Through Qualitative Data Sources.

Scurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans.

In 1753, Lind published A Treatise of the Scurvy, in which he explained the details of his clinical trial and how scurvy was successfully eradicated from his test subjects ( nuns ).

They are excellent against the Scurvy.

Scurvy does not occur in most animals because they can synthesize their own vitamin C. However, humans and other higher primates ( the simians and tarsiers ), guinea pigs, most or all bats, and some species of birds and fish lack an enzyme ( L-gulonolactone oxidase ) necessary for such synthesis and must obtain vitamin C through their diet.

* James Lind writes A Treatise of the Scurvy.

Notable culprits include T. albiflora ( Scurvy Weed ); T. spathacea ( Moses In The Cradle ); and T. pallida ( Purple Heart ).

European history of the area is considered to start with Captain Cook's visit to the sounds in 1770s, discovering a plant ( Cooks Scurvy Grass ) high in vitamin C which helped to cure scurvy amongst his crew.

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* Greg Jackson as " Scurvy ", one of Patrick's friends.

Scurvy-grass ( Cochlearia species ; a. k. a. Scurvy grass, Scurvygrass, or Spoonwort ) is a genus of about 30 species of annual and perennial herbs in the cabbage family Brassicaceae.

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