Columbus???

Question

Survey is a illness that salors used to get from not eating citrus, that was discovered sometime ago by a captain BUT was that provention discovered in time for Columbus's 1st expidition??

Sorry it's kind of hard to explain

Answer 1

The answer is no.

Scurvy, a state of dietary deficiency of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an ancient disease. Egyptians recorded its symptoms as early as 1550 BC. Scurvy was the scourge of the sea explorers of the Renaissance era (16th-18th centuries). In 1746, James Lind, a British naval surgeon, established the fact that oranges and lemons were effective in curing scurvy. The incidence of scurvy among the British sailors sharply declined upon routine provision of lemon juice on board. During the 19th century, people who experienced the Great Potato Famine, armies of the Crimean War and American Civil War, Arctic explorers, and California Gold Rush communities were prominent victims of “land” scurvy.

Francis Glisson is credited with the earliest description of infantile scurvy. In 1650, Glisson observed the co-occurrence of scurvy in infants with rickets. After Glisson's description, infantile scurvy was not reported for another 200 years. By the end of the 19th century, infantile scurvy was readily recognized and frequently observed in Britain and the United States. The increased incidence of infantile scurvy during this era was attributed to the consumption of heated milk and proprietary foods deficient in vitamin C.