Episode 11: Scurvy - An Orange a Day Keeps the Scurvy Away

Scurvy, you hear its name and you think of pirates and old sea voyages. So why did pirates get scurvy? Is it an issue we still face today? If so how do we treat scurvy? To find out more about the history of scurvy and where we are with it today, tune into this week's episode!

 

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References:  

https://www.britannica.com/science/scurvy

https://aspenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ncp.10914 

https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-age-of-scurvy/

https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/szentgyorgyi.html#:~:text=Scurvy%20had%20long%20been%20the,records%20of%20the%20European%20Crusades. 

https://www.health.mil/News/Articles/2022/01/10/The-British-Limeys-Were-Right-A-Short-History-of-Scurvy#:~:text=The%20British%20began%20storing%20citrus,believe%20in%20the%20preventative%20treatment.

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2021/february/finding-cure-scurvy

https://www.nfcr.org/blog/full-story-of-dr-albert-szent-gyorgyi/ 

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Documents/Diseases%20and%20Conditions/Raw%20Milk%20.pdf 

https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/ancient-egyptian-timeline/ 

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp119760/joshua-ward 

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/scurvy 

https://unionpetvet.com/articles/general/418885-why-your-guinea-pig-needs-vitamin-c-but-your-dog-doesn-t 

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/vitamin-c-and-your-health 

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/vitamin-c/ 

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/openai-ceo-sam-altman-got-scurvy-working-on-his-start-up-report-4426088 

https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/125350-workup 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306987702001147 

https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/125350-workup

 

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