Scurvy "was a thing" because for centuries they didn't know why it happened in the first place. A Scottish surgeon in the Royal Navy, James Lind, is generally

Scurvy "was a thing" because for centuries they didn't know why it happened in the first place. A Scottish surgeon in the Royal Navy, James Lind, is generally credited with proving that scurvy can be successfully treated with citrus fruit in 1753.