Examples of scurvy

• Many diseases have broken out in these camps such as : dysentery, typhoid, tuberculosis, scabies, scurvy, beri-beri and others.

• A murrain broke out among the cattle a disease resembling scurvy attacked the inhabitants themselves.

• Yet, on the other hand, the availability of fresh meat kept his expedition healthy and void of scurvy.

• It is now accepted that, in humans, a pre-scorbutic phase exists before clinical scurvy develops.

• The death was the result of scurvy; the crewmember would not eat meat.

• When visited he was very thin and pale, and his appearance suggested the likelihood of scurvy.

• These serious events occurred in the absence of overt scurvy.

• Specifically, younger adults rated "scurvy," "rubella," and "malaria" as the three least likely items, whereas older adults rated the "mumps," "cholera," and "polio" as the least likely items.