277: LIBERATED BY LIME
The myth
Scurvy was defeated by lime juice.
The “truth”
The opposite is true – when the Royal Navy started insisting its sailors take regular doses
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Scurvy was defeated by lime juice.
The opposite is true – when the Royal Navy started insisting its sailors take regular doses
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Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail
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