Maciej Cegłowski has an excellent post that goes into a bit more depth on this story of how the cure for scurvy was found, unwittingly lost, and refound: https

Maciej Cegłowski has an excellent post that goes into a bit more depth on this story of how the cure for scurvy was found, unwittingly lost, and refound: https://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm https://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm