The Medical Gentlemen of Bow
SCURVY
Decription of the symptoms of Scurvy - from "Domestic Medicine" by William Buchan MD (1789).
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In 1847, there was an outbreak of scurvy in Britain.
Thomas Shapter, an Exeter physician wrote how this affected the inmates in
the Crediton Union Workhouse.
The disease is
now known to be caused by a diet deficient in Vitamin C, present in
fresh fruits and vegetables.