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...r parties failed, and the ship's entire crew was eventually debilitated by scurvy and short rations when, against all hope, Lieutenant Pym, on a sledge exped ...ad been thin, and sickly-looking; their gums were blackened (probably from scurvy) and they were hauling a large whaleboat. The next season, the Inuit found

...ouring cannon fire from land and sea over infantry assault. Bombardment, [[scurvy]], lack of [[water]], perhaps a shortage of [[gunpowder]] and the threat of

...winds, it took almost 3 months to reach Malindi. About 30 men died from [[scurvy]]. At Malindi Vasco da Gama ordered the destruction of the ''St Raphael,''

...final collapse, a premortal syndrome, and there is a very wide gap between scurvy and full health. But nobody knows what full health is! This could be found

...ronments may cause many diseases-for example, deficiency syndromes such as scurvy and rickets, the effects of excess consumption of normally scarce nutrients

...ever, the tide was turning in the Parliamentarians' favour: bombardment, [[scurvy]], lack of [[water]], perhaps a shortage of [[gunpowder]] and the threat of

...ever, the tide was turning in the Parliamentarians' favour: bombardment, [[scurvy]], lack of [[water]], perhaps a shortage of [[gunpowder]] and the threat of

...iversity of Alberta]]. They also were weakened by internal bleeding from [[scurvy]] after the first two years when the preventive lemon juice they carried lo

...iversity of Alberta]]. They also were weakened by internal bleeding from [[scurvy]] after the first two years when the preventive lemon juice they carried lo

...s, pp. 20-21</ref> Almost the entire complement of both ships contracted [[scurvy]], and out of some ninety sailors, soldiers, and mechanics, less than thirt

* [[James Lind]] (1716-1794), credited with discovering the cause of [[scurvy]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/lind_james.shtml Jame

...the [[citrus fruit]]s carried aboard English sailing vessels to prevent [[scurvy]]) and "Pom/Pommy" (used in [[Australian English#Vocabulary|Australian Engl

...c mites that burrowed into the seams of dirty clothing. Those itching from scurvy were in fact seriously ill, and were sent to the regimental field hospital.