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Scurvy? No, more like hunger, and vitamin D deficiency (from lack of exposure to the sun?). Ancient sailors struggled to get sufficient vitamin C, which is what led to scurvy.
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Did sailors eat a fruit to cure scurvy what was the vitamin deficiency?
Yes they did. They added limes to their diet. Because of this, sailors are called "Limeys". This was because of the defieciency of the vitamin C in their diet. See the related link for more information.
What did mariners believe they could touch to be cured of scurvy?
Sailors believed the touch of earth could cure scurvy before they realized that Vitamin C would prevent it.
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Jaques Cartier got a disease called scurvy caused by a lack of vitamin C. The needles and bark of white cedar vitamin C. It was many years before Europeans understood how to cure scurvy. The aboriginals helped Jaques Cartier when he arrived in North America and cured scurvy with lime. Back then sailors called it limeys but in this time it is called limes.
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