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Voyages are normally shorter now, so there's less chance of developing scurvy - which we now understand is caused by a lack of vitamin C. In the past, maritime travellers rarely had access to fruit, fresh vegetables, or fresh meat. Without these, they had no way to get vitamin C and so would come down with scurvy.
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Who now about scurvy?
scurvy is a disease that is caused by lack of vitamin C
Why is it more of a problem now than it was before the industrial revolution?
Why is it more of a problem now than it was before the industrial revolution? global warming
What is the efffect of scurvy?
the effect of scurvy is that today case of scurvy are rare because it is easy to get fresh food .captain cook didn't know what we do now about vitamin but he made his men follow life saving direction
How can unbalanced diets cause scurvy?
Scurvy is caused by a complete lack of vitamin C in the diet. It is not seen very often now but sailors who where on very long trips and had no way to preserve food would show signs of scurvy.
Scurvy how can it be treated?
Scurvy can be healed by boiling cedar to make medicine. The Aboriginals taught Jaques Cartier how to heal scurvy. The aboriginals had limes that cured scurvy. After that sea captains knew how to cure scurvy and called limes: limeys. But now in this time we call them limes.
What disease is caused by the lack of vitamin c?
Scurvy. Lack of vitamin C can also result in frequent nose bleeds. Scurvy is the main one. It's not very common now, but it was a big problem back when sailors would be off at sea for months with no access to fresh fruits or vegetables. Lack of vitamin C leads to scurvy. (That's why British sailors ate limes, and were called "Limeys".)
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