An acquired blood vessel disorder caused by severe deficiency of vitamin C (ASCORBIC ACID) in the diet leading to defective collagen formation in small blood vessels. Scurvy is characterized by bleeding in any tissue, weakness, ANEMIA, spongy gums, and a brawny induration of the muscles of the calves and legs.
    

Scurvy

Catalogue

James Cook's eighteenth-century prevention of scurvy by the use of indigenous plants as dietary supplements / Francis E. Cuppage [and others].

Scurvy / T.W. Sheehy.