Dick Kirkbride stands in front of one of six bookcases that he built for the genealogy libraryâs second room, located at the Caldwell Public Library Annex. The other cases are full, and soon there will be research material on this case too. The Noble County Chapter of Ohio Genealogy Society recently... Read more
scurvy(Noun) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes. scurvy(Adjective) Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.
Scurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C. Scurvy often presents initially with fatigue, followed by formation of spots on the skin, spongy gums, and bleeding from the mucous membranes.hile today scurvy is known to be caused by a nutritional deficiency, until the isolation of vitamin C and direct evidence of its link to scurvy in 1932, numerous theories and treatments were proposed, often on little or no experimental data.