This article, about scurvy on Scott's expedition, is also fascinating [1]. I've seen it posted on HN before as well as other (excellent) articles from the same

This article, about scurvy on Scott's expedition, is also fascinating [1]. I've seen it posted on HN before as well as other (excellent) articles from the same blog, but I think it deserves re-posting. It makes me wonder how many other diseases might have been 'cured' without being fully understood, only to reappear later. [1] http://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm http://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm