Art Donovan

People tell me if I don't eat vegetables, I'm going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player. There was a clause in my contract that said I had to weigh in at 270 every Friday morning. I always made it. I'd have dinner on Monday, and then I wouldn't eat until Friday.

American Athlete

Mark Hyman

Paradoxically Americans are becoming both more obese and more nutrient deficient at the same time. Obese children eating processed foods are nutrient depleted and increasingly get scurvy and rickets, diseases we thought were left behind in the 19th and 20th centuries.

American Author

Seth Shostak

Explorers tend to be the aggressive types - why else would they risk scurvy, mutiny and other bad things to go out there? So, you could say that any aliens that are actually moving and interested in going somewhere are likely to be more aggressive. But who knows?

American Scientist

Harry Johnston

As the winter set in with its customary Canadian severity the real trouble of the French began. They did not suffer from the cold, but they were dying of scurvy.

British Explorer

Junipero Serra

Here are also the two vessels, but the San Carlos without sailors, all having died of the scurvy, except two.

Clergyman

Aisha Tyler

I'm sure I had low-level scurvy all of my childhood.

American Actress

Lou Holtz

American Coach

Understanding scurvy's history gives insight into its usage in historical contexts, like naval exploration.

Historical Significance

Scurvy is rare today, so modern usage often signifies neglect or extreme diets without vitamin C.

Modern Relevance

Scurvy can be prevented, emphasizing the importance of diet in discussions about health.

Preventable Condition

When used as an insult, 'scurvy' denotes contempt, important for understanding older texts.

Historical Insult

Scurvy is found in literature, signaling a character as dishonorable or morally corrupt.

Literary Context

The adjective form of 'scurvy' is outdated, which signals an old-fashioned tone or setting.

Archaic Usage

 really sets a tone for the start of their adventure all their journey scurvy misses cover but you're not alone it is rampant they come out very ill and sick and tired and weary and have to face life on a planet that they don't know anything about this voyage took many

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 helping it to build muscle and bone, make use of nutrients, capture and use energy and heal wounds. If you need convincing about vitamin value, just consider the plight of olden day sailors, who had no access to vitamin-rich fresh produce. They got scurvy.

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 to come into compliance with code, he said, "Fine, I'm just going to build a pirate supply store." And that's what he did. And it's beautiful. It's all wood. There's drawers you can pull out and get citrus so you don't get scurvy.