‘Sailor’s disease’ scurvy linked to young boy’s death
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- Scurvy, once common among convicts who went without fresh fruit and vegetables on long sea voyages, is now so rare in Australia that serious cases are almost always found and treated.S1S2
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‘Sailor’s disease’ scurvy linked to young boy’s death
Scurvy, once common among convicts who went without fresh fruit and vegetables on long sea voyages, is now so rare in Australia that serious cases are almost always found and treat…
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