scurvy was a problem for sailors on long voyagers. From LearnThat.org.
The name scurvy comes from the Latin scorbutus, and humans have known about the disease since ancient Greek and Egyptian times. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
I believe to be common salt; the sea-scurvy is evidently caused by it in long voyages; and. From Wordnik.com. [Note XI] Reference
And I use the word scurvy to tie this to the fact that President Surrender Monkey is afraid of pirates. From Wordnik.com. [Bo, the Portuguese water dog.] Reference
However, one of the signs of advanced scurvy is the body's failure to create or replace collagen in skin tissues. From Wordnik.com. [MY KNEES -- PART THREE, AFTER THE SURGERY] Reference
I'm getting pizza scurvy, which is caused by a lack of melted cheese in one's diet. From Wordnik.com. [Cat Rambo] Reference
That part is thanks to scurvy, which is what happens to somebody who doesn't get enough Vitamin C in their diet. From Wordnik.com. [Cracked: All Posts] Reference
He knew that the scurvy was his active and powerful ally, and that the hospitals and houses of Quebec were crowded withthe sick. From Wordnik.com. [Montcalm and Wolfe] Reference
If, however, they live too long on salt food, they get a dreadful complaint, called scurvy, which fresh vegetables only can cure. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading] Reference
"You say the guards ate the same things, but only the prisoners had scurvy, which is caused by lack of fruits and vegetables," Tedder said. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The scurvy is taking your teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
Such as wild purslain, pea-tops, a kind of scurvy-grass, cresses, and some others. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16] Reference
They are apt to develop rickets and sometimes scurvy. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
"A hole i 'the earth is too good for such a scurvy fellow," she retorted. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
My cousin had played me a scurvy trick; but I was not made helpless by it. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
Shackleton was smitten with scurvy; he was growing worse every day, and it was. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
This is a very scurvy tune to sing at a man's funeral: well, here's my comfort. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
Licked awake by his "scurvy dog," the boy leaps out of bed and gets himself shipshape. From Wordnik.com. [Children's Books] Reference
He appears immune from scurvy and is seldom sick or sorry unless he over-eats himself. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
They do not fight disease well for this reason; they are apt to develop rickets and scurvy. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
No wonder scurvy broke out in its worst form -- nineteen died and thirteen lay too ill to work. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
What can we do, we asked ourselves, for these poor men, some of whom are sick and dying with scurvy?. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Soon, thereafter, the green corn or roasting-ear came into season, and I heard no more of the scurvy. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Your scent cures homesickness and scurvy, your scent makes summer month festival gypsies fall in love. From Wordnik.com. [forestry] Reference
We were also supplied liberally with lime-juice, sauerkraut, and pickles, as an antidote to scurvy, and. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
One hundred and fifty out of one hundred and seventy were down with scurvy and had to be taken to the hospital at Sydney. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
The graves of three sailors thought to have died of scurvy have been marked off and will be left undisturbed, said Bernier. From Wordnik.com. [HMS Investigator, Ship Lost For More Than 150 Years, Recovered In Canada] Reference
I was mad 'way through; instead of playing any joke on Paul Downes and his friends, they had played me a most scurvy trick. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
In scurvy, as mentioned before, the blood seems to undergo some great change, and there are accumulations of it beneath the skin. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
It was no uncommon occurrence for a sea captain to return after even a few months 'cruise with half his men suffering from scurvy. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
But most important of all was the careful assortment of provisions, to allay, if possible, that scourge of all navigators, the scurvy. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Kilmer's Irish accent is a flickering bulb, and Douglas, with his graying, stringy hair and beard, hams it up like a pirate with scurvy. From Wordnik.com. [Please Don't Feed The Lions] Reference
In scurvy there is some great change effected in the blood, and it is as well to refer briefly to the characters possessed by the latter. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
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