“As the deficiency worsens, more serious symptoms appear, such as swollen and bleeding gums, joint pain, easy bruising, dry ...

Almost 300 years after naval surgeon James Lind discovered that citrus juice was an effective remedy for scurvy, the vitamin ... poor wound healing, and skin haemorrhages". Left untreated, it ...

The scourge of scurvy, which is caused by vitamin C deficiency ... and scans revealed no evidence of internal bleeding. Similarly, a skin biopsy returned no diagnostic clues.

Also known as ascorbic acid, vitamin C is a small carbohydrate molecule first identified in the 1920s by Albert von Szent Györgyi, who discovered that it was able to prevent and cure scurvy.