I originally thought you were wrong about this, because a lot of the other articles seemed to suggest they only understood the citrus connection as a cure for s

I originally thought you were wrong about this, because a lot of the other articles seemed to suggest they only understood the citrus connection as a cure for some mysterious disease. Which would have made it the wrong theory, but coincidentally the right practice. But at least according to Wikipedia, there were plenty of people who understood scurvy as a dietary deficiency, even in the 1600s. They thought it was more about acidity, but that's close enough. So, I was wrong and you are right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scurvy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scurvy