scurvy
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Cases include electrocution, drowning, overdose, scurvy, sickle cell anemia, a nail in the chest, a fastball in the eye and gallstones, with all the personal drama one expects from a hospital show.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
"Apparently around fishes' eyes is all vitamins, so she never had scurvy or anything."
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025
Early white settlers, according to the Oregon Encyclopedia, would eat cranberries as a source of vitamin C to prevent scurvy, “and the berry’s naturally waxy coating allowed for long keeping.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2023
For decades, historian Kenneth Carpenter writes, protein was considered the sole nutrient for human health despite emerging knowledge that fruits, vegetables, and milk eased conditions like scurvy and rickets.
From National Geographic • Nov. 9, 2023
Another few days and I would have probably gotten scurvy or goiter or something.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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