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Scott and Scurvy (2010)
26 points | 5 comments | 2021-09-09 10:59 | by rwmj
Scott and Scurvy (2010)
18 points | 6 comments | 2023-02-11 8:32 | by jyriand
Scurvy became a deadly disease again, centuries after cure discovered (2010)
3 points | 0 comments | 2020-10-30 2:12 | by aristophenes
Scott and Scurvy
2 points | 0 comments | 2023-05-26 17:36 | by tnorthcutt
Scott and Scurvy: How the cure for scurvy was lost (2010)
2 points | 0 comments | 2020-04-28 3:47 | by vivekkalyan
Scott and Scurvy: How the cure for scurvy was lost (2010)
1 points | 0 comments | 2020-01-19 4:00 | by kick
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r/todayilearned: TIL that through a combination of using limes instead of lemons, long term storage of the juice, and exposure to copper the scurvy-prevention power of citrus juice was nullified and scurvy saw a resurgence in the arctic and antarctic explorations of the late 1800s and early 1900s
2313 points | 87 comments | 2022-08-08 16:01 | by Relenq
r/slatestarcodex: How the cure for scurvy was found... and lost and refound in the 20th century
55 points | 21 comments | 2019-09-01 22:26 | by [deleted]
r/knowyourshit: [todayilearned] TIL that through a combination of using limes instead of lemons, long term storage of the juice, and exposure to copper the scurvy-prevention power of citrus juice was nullified and scurvy saw a resurgence in the arctic and antarctic explorations of the late 1800s and early 1900s
1 points | 0 comments | 2022-08-09 12:01 | by Know_Your_Shit_v2
r/todayilearned: TIL that lime juice doesn't cure scurvy (even though Brits are called "Limeys" because British sailors used it for that purpose)
0 points | 4 comments | 2023-09-14 15:31 | by tom_swiss
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