3. Scurvy can be prevented by eating lots and lots of fruit and veg or anything that has added vitamin c. In the olden days the diet was a lot more limited as fresh fruit and vegetables were hard to get hold of.

4. Nowadays you can find cures or vaccinations for diseases to prevent them happening diseases such as: Measles, Mumps, Rubella and many more. Scurvy doesnt have a cure but you can prevent it by making sure you have a healthy supply of vitamin c in your daily diet.

5. Scurvy was a main part of WW1 And WW2 as fruit and veg /vitamin c could not be grown or shipped over from foreign countries.

6. Recommendations recommend eating fruits such as: Lemons, Limes & Grapefruit. also recommend leafy green vegetables such as: Spinach, Brussels sprouts, Cabbage & Lettuce. So does the internet !

7. Doctors in 1614 found that any acid could prevent Scurvy if ascorbic acid was unavailable.

8. Bacteria are living all around us and if a Scurvy germ gets in to your body fight it with fruit and veg

9. Scurvy can not be stopped once it has started the infection will eventually result in death!