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Scurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans. The chemical name for vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is derived from the Latin name of scurvy, scorbutus, which also provides the adjective scorbutic ("of, characterize... Read more on Wikipedia

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hardly needed a panadol for the scurvy. Oh, and I lost six...
03/23/2011
...SCURVY? After my bout of the Black Death I hardly needed a panadol for the scurvy. Oh, and...  (from www.digitalspy.co.uk)  Read full post
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not. Vitamin C is the cure for scurvy, but if I were to...
11/12/2012
...Diamaxol might actually work. Or it might not. Vitamin C is the cure for scurvy, but if I were to sell Vitamin C and say it is a cure for scurvy, I would be guilty of fraud. Just...  (from www.steadyhealth.com)  Read full post
of a specific diseases and the incidence of scurvy often...
06/03/2012
...of a specific diseases and the incidence of scurvy often track together. To me this suggests that vitamin C the CURE for scurvy ...stopped ALL \"vaccination\" and made sure our kids vitamin...  (from www.mothering.com)  Read full post
a specific diseases and the incidence of scurvy often track...
06/03/2012
...of a specific diseases and the incidence of scurvy often track together. To me this suggests that vitamin C the CURE for scurvy may prevent serious ...\"vaccination\" and made sure our kids vita...  (from www.mothering.com)  Read full post
it up and shout! We got scurvy We need some vitamin c We...
01/19/2010
...up and shout! We got scurvy We need some vitamin c We got scurvy We need a lemon tree! We got scurvy we're just chillin' on the ...'til he got some scurvy Since you got some scurvy on you unne...  (from www.kickrunners.com)  Read full post
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04/29/2013
...Pirate Fest!!! I wonder if Cap'n Dan and the Scurvy Crew were around... TANSTAAFL like...  (from www.gymnasticbodies.com)  Read full post
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didn't kill them. (The scurvy and and everything else...
01/12/2013
...biscuits (hard tack) always had weevils in them. It didn't kill them. (The scurvy and and everything else...  (from www.forumthermomix.com)  Read full post
Tell her that the mystery behind scurvy was solved hundreds...
03/04/2013
Tell her that the mystery behind scurvy was solved hundreds of years ago and whey protein is a byproduct of the cheese and yogurt making process. Then tell her that ksnoya thinks...  (from forum.bodybuilding.com)  Read full post
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we didnt meet...hhmmmm...lol also next to my scurvy slave...
04/17/2013
...me in zihuatenejo bay....on the beach side of me, actually--and we didnt meet...hhmmmm...lol also next to my scurvy slave...  (from www.cruisersforum.com)  Read full post
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pirates eat oranges, they prevent scurvy. When pirates eat...
03/26/2013
Quote: Because when pirates eat oranges, they prevent scurvy. When pirates eat apples, they don't. When two people of different genders get married, ___________. When two...  (from forums.studentdoctor.net)  Read full post