Scurvy is the deficiency disease of vitamin C.
what type of disease is scurvey
No
the source of scurvey is not having enough vitamin c in the diet , pirates got scurvey all the time as they usually only ate biscuits but one captain hered that lemons and limes have lots of vitamin c in so gave it to his crew solving the problem of scurvey
Scurvey
scurvey
When? Pirates, U-Boats, Submarines, Moby Dick, Scurvey
Scurvey
Bering Island
Scurvey
scurvey, pellagria, ricketts
It was probably used as a source of vitamin C during sea voyages. This prevented or minimized the incidence of scurvey. The vitamin C connection was not known, but the effect on scurvey was.
Scurvey lackof vitamin C