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  • M0002832: Microscopic view of Scurvy in lumbar cord
  • Leg from a patient suffering from scurvy
  • Russel, His elixirated spirit of scurvy ...
  • Apothecary bottle used for scurvy-grass water.
  • Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis): flowering stem, leaf, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.
  • Leg of a patient with scorbutus (scurvy), 1887
  • The Tigris Front, Amara, Iraq: Indian soldiers suffering from scurvy. Photograph, 1916.
  • The Indian General Hospital, Amara, Iraq: Indian scurvy patients eating limes. Photograph, 1914/1918.
  • Lime juice for the treatment of scurvy, issued to soldiers on the British Front in Iraq. Photograph, 1914/1918.
  • Four British wild flowers, including whitlow grass (Erophila species) and scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
  • Price and instructions for the use of Lambiers cure for Toothe-ache, Rheum in the gums or scurvy, deafness and head-ache's
  • Smilacina racemosa Desf. syn. Maianthemum racemosum (L.)Link Convallariaceae. False Spikenard, False Solomon's Seal, Scurvy berries, Treacle berries. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: North America. Austin (2004) reports on Native American traditional usage: Cold infusion of the roots for sore eyes (Cherokee)
  • Observations on the scurvy: with a review of the theories lately advanced upon that disease; and the opinions of Dr. Milman refuted from practice / [Thomas Trotter].
  • An essay on the sea-scurvy: wherein is proposed an easy method of curing that distemper at sea; and of preserving water sweet for any cruize or voyage ... / [Anthony Addington].
  • Delaun reviv'd, viz. a plain ... discourse of that famous doctor's pills. ... With choice receipts for the cure of the scurvy, dropsy, jaundies, venereal and other diseases / [N. L].
  • Delaun reviv'd, viz. a plain ... discourse of that famous doctor's pills. ... With choice receipts for the cure of the scurvy, dropsy, jaundies, venereal and other diseases / [N. L].
  • A dissertation on the use of sea-water in the diseases of the glands. Particularly the scurvy, jaudice, king's-evil, leprosy, and the glandular consumption / Translated from the Latin ... by an eminent physician.
  • A treatise on the scurvy. Containing an inquiry into the nature, causes, and cure, of that disease. Together with a critical and chronological view of what has been published on the subject ... / [James Lind].
  • A treatise of the scurvy, in three parts. Containing an inquiry into the nature, causes, and cure, of that disease. Together with a critical and chronological view of what has been published on the subject / By James Lind.
  • Smilacina racemosa Desf. syn. Maianthemum racemosum (L.)Link Convallariaceae. False Spikenard, False Solomon's Seal, Scurvy berries, Treacle berries. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: North America. Probably introduced to England by John Tradescant the Younger in 1656 as it appears in his garden plant catalogue in Musaeum Tradescantianum in 1656. Austin (2004) reports on Native American traditional usage: a cold infusion of the roots was used for sore eyes (Cherokee)
  • Pharmaceutice rationalis: or, an exercitation of the operations of medicines in humane bodies. Shewing the signs, causes and cures of most distempers incident thereunto ... As also a treatise of the scurvy. And the several sorts thereof, with their symptoms, causes and cure ... / [Thomas Willis].
  • Pharmaceutice rationalis: or, an exercitation of the operations of medicines in humane bodies. Shewing the signs, causes and cures of most distempers incident thereunto ... As also a treatise of the scurvy. And the several sorts thereof, with their symptoms, causes and cure ... / [Thomas Willis].
  • Pharmaceutice rationalis: or, an exercitation of the operations of medicines in humane bodies. Shewing the signs, causes and cures of most distempers incident thereunto ... As also a treatise of the scurvy. And the several sorts thereof, with their symptoms, causes and cure ... / [Thomas Willis].
  • Pharmaceutice rationalis: or, an exercitation of the operations of medicines in humane bodies. Shewing the signs, causes and cures of most distempers incident thereunto ... As also a treatise of the scurvy. And the several sorts thereof, with their symptoms, causes and cure ... / [Thomas Willis].
  • Pharmaceutice rationalis: or, an exercitation of the operations of medicines in humane bodies. Shewing the signs, causes and cures of most distempers incident thereunto ... As also a treatise of the scurvy. And the several sorts thereof, with their symptoms, causes and cure ... / [Thomas Willis].
  • Vitamin C, also known as a ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin, which means it is excreated by the body and needs to be replaced in our diet. Unlike most mammals, humans do not have the ability to make their own vitamin C. Vitamin C deficiency can lead to scurvy.
  • An easy and exact method of curing the veneral disease, in all its different appearances ... And likewise a method of curing the scurvy, gleets, whites, etc. ... with an account of its nature, causes, and symptoms: demonstrated by way of dialogue between physician and patient, for the use and instruction of all unfortunate persons who may labour under that disorder ... / [John Profily].
  • B.'s Supplement or enlargement to Mr. Nich. Culpeppers English physitian. Containing a description of the form, names, place, time, coelestial government, and virtues, of all such medicinal plants as grow in England, and are omitted in his book ... To which is annexed, a new tract for the cure of wounds made by gunshot or otherways, and remedies for ... seamen troubled with the scurvy / [Joseph Blagrave].
  • Vitamin C imaged with polarised light. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an important vitamin, essential for collagen formation and wound healing, it also facilitates to absorption of iron. A good source of vitamin C is found in a variety of fruit and vegetables, notably citrus friuts, kiwi and broccoli. It is a water soluble vitamin so is excreted by the body and, therefore, needs to be ingested regularly. A lack of vitamin C causes scurvy.
  • Vitamin C imaged with polarised light. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an important vitamin, essential for collagen formation and wound healing, it also facilitates to absorption of iron. A good source of Vitamin C is found in a variety of fruit and vegetables, notably citrus friuts, kiwi and broccoli. It is a water soluble vitamin so is excreted by the body and, therefore, needs to be ingested regularly. A lack of Vitamin C causes scurvy.