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	Encyclopedia: Scurvy
		Scurvy, known as Barlow's disease in infants, is a disease that results from insufficient intake of vitamin C and leads to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all mucous membranes.
		Scurvy is a disease that results from insufficient intake of vitamin C and leads to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums and bleeding from almost all mucous membranes.
		Scurvy is treated with large doses of vitamin C. Modern methods of transporting and preserving foods have made a diet rich in vitamin C available everywhere throughout the year, and even infants' diets include orange juice.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Scurvy (561 words)

	Scurvy Grass
		In the old days, scurvy - a devastating disease caused by a prolonged deficiency of vitamin C - was a scourge of sailors, who might pass months at sea without fresh fruits or vegetables.
		Wild-food enthusiasts use the young leaves and stems of scurvy grass as salad greens and a potherb, comparing the taste to that of the plant's relatives watercress and horseradish.
		Scurvy grass can be used in the form of a juice as an antiseptic mouthwash for canker sores, and can also be applied externally to spots and pimples.
	www.herbs2000.com /herbs/herbs_scurvy_grass.htm (427 words)

	Encyclopedia: Scurvy grass Sorrel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		They are widely distributed in temperate and arctic areas of the northern hemisphere, most commonly found in coastal regions, on cliff -tops and salt marshes where their high tolerance of salt enables them to avoid competition from larger, but less salt-tolerant plants; they also occur in alpine habitats in mountains and tundra.
		Scurvy is a disease that results from insufficient intake of vitamin C and leads to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums and bleeding from almost all mucous membrane s.
		Scurvy Scurvy is a disease that results from insufficient intake of vitamin C and leads to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums and bleeding from almost all mucous membranes.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Scurvy_grass-Sorrel (270 words)

	Scurvy-grass Sorrel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is illustrated by this extract from the Journal of Syms Covington, who sailed aboard HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin.
		Here are bullocks horses and pigs that run wild, rabbits, wild geese and ducks and most excellent snipe shooting on the marshy ground and long grass, of which the island in general has very little else.
		Likewise There is the tea plant, which bears very sweet berry, and wild thyme which we used as tea, and is very good and much more plentiful than the former.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scurvy-grass_Sorrel (292 words)

	Scurvy grass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is a remedy for the scurvy, and has proved a valuable food to arctic explorers.
		[1913 Webster] Scurvy grass [Scurvy + grass; or cf.
		scurvy grass n 1: a widely distributed arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C [syn: common scurvy grass, Cochlearia officinalis] 2: any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad [syn: winter cress, St.
	dictionaries.cc /Scurvy_grass (278 words)

	Grass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Grass generally describes a monocotyledonous green plant characterized by slender leaves, called blades, which usually grow arching upwards from the ground.
		Grasses are among the most versatile of life forms, thriving on every continent except Antarctica.
		Grasses have adapted to conditions in lush rain forests, dry deserts, and cold mountain steppes.
	www.vacilando.org /_cliextra/baghdadmuseumorg/includepage.php?title=Grass&action=edit (380 words)

	Scurvy - South Seas Companion Natural Phenomenon
		Scurvy is the common name for severe vitamin C deficiency.
		In the eighteenth century, scurvy was understood in terms of the theories of the bodily economy propounded by Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738).
		In line with Boerhaave's mechanical model of the body, scurvy was seen as being due to blood serum being too thin and acrid - this state being caused by damp and cold climate and foul vapours.
	southseas.nla.gov.au /biogs/P000010b.htm (494 words)

	Grass - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In popular language grass means a short, green, ground covering or lawn, usually, but not necessarily comprised of a "true grass" or grasses, called turf.
		China grass or remie or rhea (Boehmeria nivea), a nettle grown for bast fibres, in the family Urticaceae
		Grass is slang for marijuana or for a criminal who informs on his accomplices.
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	Scurvy Grass
		Native to Europe and temperate regions of Asia and North America, this grass is a low-growing perennial with fleshy heart-shaped leaves, dense clusters of white four-petaled flowers, and rounded swollen seedpods.
		Prior to the discovery of vitamins, the effectiveness of the plant in preventing scurvy was attributed to its volatile oil.
		The English physician, Robert Turner, stated in the 17th century that scurvy grass, taken in ale, was a remedy for a range of conditions, including "ague".
	www.innvista.com /health/herbs/scurvygr.htm (242 words)

	scurvy
		They were of that scurvy behind-the-rear-guard which every nation has in degree proportionate to its worth.
		The manhood of Greece had gone to the frontier, leaving at home this rabble of talkers, most of whom were armed with rifles for mere pretention.
		Great pains had been taken to have it thought to be so; and by a scurvy Trick of lying the Adversaries effected a Coolness between that Gentn & some others who were zealous in that Cause.
	www.cooldictionary.com /words/scurvy.word (437 words)

	BBC - History - Captain Cook and the Scourge of Scurvy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Physicians speculated that it was owing to a salt diet, to a lack of oxygen in the body, to fat skimmed from the ships' boiling pans, to bad air, to thickening of the blood, to sugar, to melancholy; but no one knew for certain.
		No one had a remedy for scurvy at sea - however; the best on offer was a battery of prophylactic measures, including portable soup (a preparation of dried vegetables), malt, sauerkraut, concentrated fruit juice (rob), vinegar, mustard, molasses and beans.
		These were aimed at repelling any sign of scurvy from the outset, since it was impossible to control it, once it had gained a footing, other than by going ashore.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/discovery/exploration/captaincook_scurvy_02.shtml (421 words)

	Glossems on Historical Events, Conditions and Movements: Scurvy.
		Champlain described scurvy: he had first hand knowledge of it having lost 35 of his 79 men when they stayed over for the first winter on a small island St. Croix during the winter of 1604/05:
		It originated in the mouth of those who have a large amount of flabby and superfluous flesh, (causing a bad putrefaction,) which increases to such an extent, that they can scarcely take any thing, unless it is almost entirely liquid.
		Admiral Anson during his epic circumnavigation of the world (1740-44), lost most all of his men due to scurvy.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/Gloss/Scurvy.htm (517 words)

	Scurvy grass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Scurvy grass (Oxalis enneaphylla) is a late spring - and summer -flowering tuberous, alpine perennial plant native to the grasslands of SouthAmerica.
		This is illustrated by this extract from the Journal of Syms Covington, who sailed aboard HMS Beagle with CharlesDarwin.
		Here are bullocks horses and pigs that run wild,rabbits, wild geese and ducks and most excellent snipe shooting on the marshy ground and long grass, of which the island ingeneral has very little else.
	www.therfcc.org /scurvy-grass-185880.html (279 words)

	Scurvy grass: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Scurvy grass
		Scurvy grass: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Scurvy grass
		Scurvy grass (Oxalis enneaphylla) is a late spring- and summer-flowering tuberous, alpine[?] perennial plant native to the grasslands of South America.
		It is a small plant that grows to 7 cm height and 10cm spread.
	www.encyclopedian.com /sc/Scurvy-grass.html (274 words)

	New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz: Scurvy grass tops poll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Forget the silver fern and the pohutukawa – Cook's scurvy grass is New Zealand's favourite native plant, a poll says.
		Network secretary John Sawyer admitted he was surprised at the sudden rise of Cook's scurvy grass, which had not appeared in the top 10 of the earlier surveys.
		Cook's scurvy grass is described as a bushy, leafy, aromatic herb that grows up to a metre tall.
	www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3500407a7693,00.html (473 words)

	Dorlands Medical Dictionary
		Grasses whose pollen is important as a cause of hay fever include Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon); Kentucky bluegrass or June grass (Poa pratensis); Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense); orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata); redtop grass (Agrostis alba); sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum); and timothy or timothy grass (Phleum pratense).
		Johnson grass, Sudan grass, and arrow grass (Triglochin species) contain cyanogenetic compounds; timothy sometimes contains the mold Claviceps purpurea; and sweet vernal grass contains dicumarol.
		the perennial grass Agropyrum repens; its long roots are diuretic, demulcent, and antitussive and have been used to treat cystitis.
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	HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Hutchinson Encyclopedia 09-22-2003 scurvy Disease caused by deficiency of vitamin C (ascorbic acid), which is contained in fresh vegetables and fruit.
		Scurvy is an ancient disease; its principal cause is now known to be an ascorbic acid (vitamin C) deficiency, but when scurvy devastated civilizations such as Egypt, Greece, and Rome...
		Scurvy influenced the course of history, especially the...
	www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?q=Scurvy&refid=healthcyclopedia (568 words)

	Amazon.com: Scurvy : How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Scurvy continued to decimate ships' crews, and Bown speculates that failure to arrest the disease had global repercussions and may have been the reason for Britain's defeat in the American Revolution.
		The plague of eighteenth-century seafarers was scurvy, the consequence of the lack of vitamin C in the everyday diet.
		The cure for scurvy was not understood for 100s of years and this book takes the reader on a quick stroll through this history.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312313918?v=glance (2539 words)

	Scurvy-grass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The leaves, which have a strong peppery taste similar to the related horseradish and watercress, are also sometimes used in salads.
		For the rapid colonisation of a British inland county between 1989-2002, see Cochlearia danica in Worcestershire.
		This page was last modified 08:12, 17 January 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scurvy-grass (368 words)

	Chapter Sculptile <i>to</i> Scutibranchiata of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.
		The quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness.
		Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1210/24012/4.html (309 words)

	Scurvy grass - Definition of Scurvy grass by Webster Dictionary
		Scurvy grass - Definition of Scurvy grass by Webster Dictionary
		A kind of cress (Cochlearia officinalis) growing along the seacoast of Northern Europe and in arctic regions.
		Cochlearia, Cochlearia officinalis, common scurvy grass, cress, cress plant, genus Cochlearia
	www.webster-dictionary.net /definition/Scurvy%20grass (91 words)

	Special Collections Digital Library - Journeys of Discovery
		Scurvy grass was recognized early to be of value in the treatment of scurvy.
		It often appears in prescriptions for "scurby" written by William Shakespeare's son-in-law, Dr. John Hall, prior to publication of this work.
		Mollenbrock's effort to obtain curative crystalline salt from scurvy grass could be considered an early experimental forerunner of the isolation of crystalline vitamin C in 1932.
	www.mc.vanderbilt.edu /biolib/hc/journeys/book8.html (97 words)

	Our Ocean World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His crew discovered that when they munched on certain coastal grasses, it cured their scurvy--a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C. In Cook's day, "scurvy grass" grew thickly in coastal areas.
		Where the grass once grew, fur seals and seabirds also used to live in dense colonies.
		The story of scurvy grass is an ocean example of how natural systems are interconnected.
	www.ouroceanworld.com /2001/archive/2001-01/text0101a/020710.htm (286 words)

	Heritage Foods New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Captain James Cook was not only a great navigator, but also an excellent brewer of beer, say two Christchurch men who are moving to launch a new beer made to the explorer's own recipe.
		"Cook never lost a single person to scurvy on his travels because he was big on green vegetables and beer", says Mike Bradstock, who discovered the description of making beer flavoured with rimu and manuka while reading the journal of the Endeavour voyage.
		Native celery and a kind of cress, known as Cook’s scurvy grass, is now grown for the menu in Bradstock’s Cashmere garden.
	www.heritagefoods.co.nz /harringtons.html (636 words)

	The Vitamin C Saga
		The more holistic practitioners, and 'unqualified' London street doctors who gave their patients extracts of scurvy grass, or the herbs itself, were having resounding success in their treatment, but were held in contempt by their more 'highly qualified', counterparts.
		Scurvy grass was said to be flourishing along the banks of the River Thames at that time, and contained some appreciable quantity of vitamin C. Meanwhile lives continued to be lost to scurvy due to the non provision of fresh vegetables or fruits in the diets of the British sailors.
		It will also be recalled that as early as 1593, Sir John Hawkins had written of the curative powers of 'Sowre Orange and Lemons; John Woodhall's Surgeon's Mate, published in 1617, which also talked about the curative power of the Juice of Lemon, was in every ship, but no one paid attention.
	home.pacbell.net /lotus999/vitaminc.htm (502 words)

	Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago - Cochlearia officinalis L. subsp. groenlandica (L.) A.E. Porsild
		Members of the genus are called Scurvy Grass and the leaves are eaten raw or boiled as an antiscorbutic.
		The leaves are fleshy, an adaptation that allows them to conserve water within the plant, and the shape of the leaves is responsible for the common name ‘spoonwort.’ The leaves are high in vitamin C, but not particularly tasty.
		The early sailors and explorers who over-wintered in the arctic suffered from scurvy, caused by a lack of vitamin C in their diets; they sought the scurvy-grass as a dietary supplement.
	www.mun.ca /biology/delta/arcticf/_ca/www/bacoof.htm (1102 words)

	Dictionary of Plants - scurvy grass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Shoots may grow low, or more upright, up to 50 cm/20 in, with fleshy heart-shaped lower leaves; the flowers are white and have four petals.
		The edible, sharp-tasting leaves are a good source of vitamin C and were formerly eaten by sailors as a cure for the disease scurvy.
		Green and yellow are Islamic and pan-African colours.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/dictionaries/plants/data/m0007736.html (99 words)

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