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Scurvy in Cavies

Long ago, when humanity had just taken to the seas to voyage the world in the name of discovery and conquest, there was a dreaded disease that nearly took the lives of half of a ship’s crew. This maritime nightmare came to be known as scurvy.

In medical terms, scurvy is called hypovitaminosis C, with hypo meaning below and vitaminosis meaning a state of a certain vitamin’s level in the body. The term is then defined as a deficiency of vitamin C in the system.