Scurvy believed to be more effective because they were more acidic. It was the acid, not the (then-unknown) Vitamin C that was believed to cure scurvy. In fact, the West Indian limes were significantly lower in Vitamin C than the previous lemons and further were not served fresh but rather as lime juice, which had been exposed to light and air, and piped through copper tubing, all of which significantly reduced the Vitamin C. Indeed, a 1918 animal experiment using representative samples of the Navy and Merchant Marine's lime juice showed that it had virtually no antiscorbutic power at all. The
The History of Iron Maiden – Part 1: The Early Days Doug Sampson, Ron Matthews, Terry Wapram and Bob Sawyer. The DVD won a 2004 "Metal Edge" Readers' Choice Award for Home Video/DVD of the Year. The second part of the "History of Iron Maiden" series was later included on the "Live After Death" DVD release in 2008, while a third installment was released as part of the "Maiden England '88" DVD in 2013. "The Early Days" was met with critical acclaim, with AllMusic describing it as "A masterpiece." "Classic Rock" gave the DVD 5 out of 5, calling the live footage "fascinating," while stating that "the tales of Maiden's early