A condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
1 The approximation of these two cases to sea-scurvy is peculiar, and may allow them to be called scorbutus pulmonalis.
2 On the 21st day of July, 1864, he was admitted to the Andersonville hospital, and died the same day of scorbutus .
3 ( Scorbutus ) . - Aconstitutionaldisease characterized by weakness, anemia, sponginess of the gums and tendencies to bleeding.
4 "To his sagacity we are indebted for the first impulse to those regulations by which scorbutus is so successfully prevented in our navy."
5 "To his sagacity we are indebted for the first impulse to those regulations by which scorbutus is so successfully prevented in our navy." (Lond.
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