How did sailors get vitamin C? A historical journey
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4 min read
For over three centuries, from 1500 to 1800, scurvy killed at least two million sailors, more than all naval battles combined. This debilitating disease, caused by a lack of vitamin C, posed one of the greatest threats to long-distance sea travel, forcing historical figures to seek creative and often ineffective ways to combat it, before the real cause was understood.
