Scurvy Quotes

“The inclusion of lemon or lime juice in grog, made compulsory in 1795, therefore reduced the incidence of scurvy dramatically. And since beer contains no vitamin C, switching from beer to grog made British crews far healthier overall.”
― Tom Standage, A History of the World in 6 Glasses

“What made you offer up your services as a pirate, Lord Kitson? This life's not like it is in songs, you know. There's a little more shit and scurvy.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“Before Lind's experiments, scurvy was not clearly defined as a disease.The term was used as a catchphrase to include all manner of nautical ailments.”
― Stephen R. Bown, Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail

“A near-fatal case of scurvy being the only reason I can imagine drinking something with grapefruit juice in it.”
― James S.A. Corey, Caliban’s War

“The Annual Register for 1763 tabulated the casualty list for British sailors in the Seven Years' War with France. Out of 184,899 men raised or rounded up for the war, 133, 708 died from disease, primarily scurvy, while only 1,512 were killed in action.”
― Stephen R. Brown

“Vitamin C prevented scurvy in sailors.”
― Steven Magee, Pandemic Supplements