Fascinating Facts about Scurvy

[chuckro]

Did you know that the British discovered the cure to scurvy, then lost it and had to rediscover it? I knew none of this!

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[beastin.livejournal.com]

Fascinating indeed.

Though I can't help but think that a few controlled trials would have cleared this all up. They knew that a dramatic reduction in scurvy had occurred when the British instituted the lemon policy, so they had several obvious possible cures to test.