because scurvy is a lack of vitamins in your bones so enough lemon juice should help it but maybe not cure it
A lime juice tub was a ship that served lime juice to prevent scurvy.
lime juice
They were called limeys (short for lime juicer). To prevent scurvy, fresh lime juice was used on British warships.
A Limey, refering originally to British Sailors taking Lime juice to prevent scurvy
A tar is a sailor. An early British sailors were called a "limey" because they consumed lime juice to prevent scurvy.
British sailors were issued lime juice as a remedy for scurvy.
The Royal Navy fed it's sailors limes in the days of sail when voyages took much longer and refridgerators etc were not around to prevent scurvy.
because they are stupid
James Cook did not discover lemon juice but he used it, together with lime juice, to help ward off scurvy in his crew.
Cook ensured he had a variety of vitamin-C rich foods on board ship. These foods included sauerkraut (pickled cabbage), lime juice, malt wort and a plant known as Cook's scurvy grass (Lepidium oleraceum).
Vitamin C! They Got Scurvy If They had A Lack Of Vitamin C. That is why the British sailor's were called limeys, because they would eat lots of limes to prevent scurvy.
Vitamin C - which can be found in citrus fruits such as lemons, limes and oranges.