Weak from scurvy and rheumatism, Sneden scratched away in his shorthand diary, obsessively documenting everything he witnessed.

FORBES: War Story

Everyone got the lemons to cure scurvy but we got another plague in return.

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Even the surveyors who preceded them were regularly despatched by bears, thunderous rivers and scurvy.

BBC: The wonders of Canada by rail

As you clearly show, it mostly benefits scurvy politicians, and even scurvier tabloids.

ECONOMIST: Protecting children

Those scurvy dogs on the Internet are coming up with ways to talk for free, at sound qualities better than anything you can offer.

FORBES: Message In A Bottle

The sailors, stooped with hunger, curly haired from scurvy, rowed ashore, dragged themselves through shallow water and on up the sand where they entered the shade of the trees.

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Unfortunately, the ship did not prevent the passengers from contracting scurvy and other contagious diseases and over half of those that sailed from England did not even make it to the spring.

FORBES: Giving Thanks

"Or even scurvy, " Mr. Naftalis chimed in.

WSJ: Is This Courtroom Banter Funny? You Be the Judge

Ms. Warner recounts what life was like in poor areas before the introduction of vitamins into food substances, the fortification of white flour and milk, and the widespread availability of items like orange juice: Many people suffered from rickets (because of insufficient vitamin D and calcium), scurvy (vitamin C), pellagra (vitamin B3) and beriberi (vitamin B1).

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