We tend to think of scurvy as a disease of the past, (though 'deficiency' would be a better word since it's remedied by proper diet rather than medication). However, a paediatrician friend of ours tells us that doctors are seeing more and more cases of scurvy among children who are subsisting on junk food and fizzy drinks.
Here's a reminder too of a more recent remedy used in the Royal Navy: lime powder.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=697&p=4159&hilit=weetabix#p4159I suppose with the availability of deep freezing, vast quantities of fruit & vegetables can be carried aboard modern ships; though I wonder how they manage aboard submarines with the very limited space available. Vitamin C tablets?
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