Sentences with phrase «scurvy among»

The first use of modern scientific methods to assess disease treatment was when the British navy used foods containing vitamin C (although the vitamin itself would remain undiscovered for nearly two centuries) to prevent scurvy among sailors.

Vitamin C is need in part to synthesise carnitine and creatine, but as these chemicals are present in meat, eating fresh meat reduces the requirement for vitamin C (something Captain Cook recognised in his 100 % successful campaign to prevent scurvy among his crew).

Not exact matches

Despite all the disagreements among you scurvy Gooners, you are are still better then the racist scum at Chelsea.

Scurvy was at one time common among sailors and others who were on ships, whose ships were out to sea longer than perishable fruits and vegetables could be stored and by soldiers who were similarly separated from these foods for extended periods.

Even now, it is distributed among the workers working in polluted environments like furnaces, painting shops, heat treatments, cement factories, mines, and other dangerous work environments to protect them from scurvy.