Scurvy!
I know I have an irrational fondness for nutritional disorders, but this article on scurvy is a good read.
Did you know that we figured out the cure for scurvy back in the 1700s and then forgot about it a hundred years later, thinking that whole lemon thing was superstition?
It's an interesting reminder of how scientific progress does not always march in a linear fashion.
Did you know that we figured out the cure for scurvy back in the 1700s and then forgot about it a hundred years later, thinking that whole lemon thing was superstition?
It's an interesting reminder of how scientific progress does not always march in a linear fashion.