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Captain James Cook was especially known for feeding his crew sauerkraut, or pickled cabbage, which was rich in vitamin C.
Hemost certainly knew that vitamin C rich foods fruits were good for scurvey, but he was dead for 20 years before lemons and limes started being given to sailors.
Scurvy was documented by Hippocrates, and Egyptians have recorded its symptoms as early as 1550 BC. The knowledge that consuming foods containing vitamin C is a cure for scurvy has been repeatedly forgotten and rediscovered. In the modern era a Scottish surgeon in the British Royal Navy named James Lind first proved scurvy could be treated with citrus fruit. His advice was not implemented by the Royal Navy for several decades.
he used white cedar bark and leaves
father damien invent a cure for leprosy!!
The vitamin C (and vegetables and fruits containing this vitamin).
No, because scurvy is a lack of vitamin C, and your wee contains no vitamins what- so- ever. The real cure for scurvy is to eat an orange, or another fresh fruit or vegtable high in vitamin C.
Sailors believed the touch of earth could cure scurvy before they realized that Vitamin C would prevent it.
because scurvy is a lack of vitamins in your bones so enough lemon juice should help it but maybe not cure it
Lemons, limes, oranges and citrus fruits help prevent scurvy. A commonly used cure and prevention for malaria is boiled horsetail and carnuckles.
because they are stupid
Captain Jinks' Cure - 1917 was released on: USA: 19 February 1917