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Sailors. Many long trips across the ocean left them deficient in vitamin C. Later sailors ate Limes on the ships for their vitamin C. Sailors were then known as Limeys.
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What disease is associated with vitamin c deficiency?
scurvy
Which disease did sailors get if they didn't have enough fresh fruit and vegetables?
scurvy
What disease may be caused by a vitamin c deficiency?
A disease known as scurvy is caused by a vitamin c deficiency
Is there another word for scurvy?
In infants, scurvy is sometimes referred to as Barlow's disease. There's also Moeller's disease and Cheadle's disease.
What is the disease caused by severe lack of vitamin c?
Scurvy.....Scurvy cannot be spread, it is a deficiency disease. Scurvy is caused by a severe lack of vitamin C.
What is a piratical disease?
Scurvy
Who now about scurvy?
scurvy is a disease that is caused by lack of vitamin C
What kind of vitamin is a Scurvy?
Scurvy is NOT a kind of vitamin. Scurvy is a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C.
What disease did sailors often get in Tudor times and why?
sailers in the 1400s suffered from scurvy because of the lack of vitman C.x
Does vitamin c cause scurvy?
Scurvy is a condition caused by lack of Vitamin C; it is not a disease.
What is Piratical disease?
Many will say that scurvy is the Piratical disease.
What were the most common disease's in the 1600s?
The two most common were malaria (that was transferred by mosquitoes) and scurvy (that sailors contracted from low vitamin C levels)
