“ The inclusion of lemon or lime juice in grog, made compulsory in 1795, therefore reduced the incidence of scurvy dramatically. And since beer contains no vitamin C, switching from beer to grog made British crews far healthier overall. Tom Standage
“ The Annual Register for 1763 tabulated the casualty list for British sailors in the Seven Years' War with France. Out of 184,899 men raised or rounded up for the war, 133, 708 died from disease, prima… Stephen R. Brown
“ A near-fatal case of scurvy being the only reason I can imagine drinking something with grapefruit juice in it. James S.A. Corey
“ Before Lind's experiments, scurvy was not clearly defined as a disease.The term was used as a catchphrase to include all manner of nautical ailments. Stephen R. Bown
