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Dr. Jemma Kerns adds, "It has been a privilege to work with these unique and precious human remains to learn more about life ...

After all, hypovitaminosis C, as scurvy is formally called, is traditionally viewed as a deadly scourge of 16th-to-18th-century sailors, who spent months at sea without access to fresh food.