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South Pole Race: When the Limeys Get Scurvy
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Lynde's Cure for Scurvy
In 19 39, a young doctor at boston city hospital deprived himself of vitmincy just to see what would happen. The answer, after two months was nothing. Six months in, john crandon's skin started to bleed around his folicles. He tested his endurance by gently jogging on a treadmill set at a les y pace. It was amazing that he could move at all. In january 19 12, scott and his small team were nearing the south whole. And h m s salisbury had run out of fruit - which is rather a shame for everyone else.
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