Diets in a Time of Scurvy - Part 1
Dec 29, 2018
‘It rotted all my gums, which gave out a black and putrid blood. My thighs and lower legs were black and gangrenous, and I was forced to use a knife each day to cut into the flesh in order to release this black and foul blood. I also used my knife on my gums, which were livid and growing over my teeth...When I had cut away the dead flesh and caused much black blood to flow, I rinsed my mouth and my teeth with my urine, rubbing them very hard...Many of our people died form it every day, and we
