Etiology time, and often lacked fresh fruit and vegetables. Without knowing the precise cause, Captain James Cook suspected scurvy was caused by the lack of vegetables in the diet. Based on his suspicion, he forced his crew to eat sauerkraut, a cabbage preparation, every day, and based upon the positive outcomes, he inferred that it prevented scurvy, even though he did not know precisely why. It took about another two hundred years to discover the precise etiology: the lack of vitamin C in a sailor's diet. An etiological myth, or origin myth, is a myth intended to explain the origins of
The Itch (Vitamin C song) Charts. Kirsten Dunst and Mila Kunis both appear in the video with Vitamin C. The video includes film clips from the movie "Get Over It", which stars all three women. The song is not part of the film. The music video for the single was directed by Brothers Strause. US Promo CD US Single Europe CD Europe Maxi-CD The Itch (Vitamin C song) "The Itch" is pop singer Vitamin C's first single from her second album, "More". Vitamin C also performed the song on the sketch comedies "MADtv" and "All That". The song failed to crack the top 40 on