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.
