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Do people still get scurvy today?
Yes they do. but there are treatments to heal it now. in the 1400s, scurvy caused many people to die but until the 1740s the Iroquois got a treatment for the french to heal scurvy. scurvy comes from...
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When having scurvy how do you handle scurvy?
Scurvy is fought with fresh juicy fruit. British seamen of long ago got the nickname of " Limies" because they headed for lime trees as soon as they reached land in the Tropics, to combat long weeks...
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Why is scurvy called scurvy?
The Latin word for ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) was scorbutus. Apparently the word scurvy was derived from this term.
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How can you get scurvy?
Significant vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy.
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Why do you get scurvy?
It's a deficiency in vitamin c