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Tim Simmons · 26th July 2006, 08:52 PM

I have been searching copper and brass knives from the Sahel on the net and was sent to a site about scurvy. Scurvy was surely a problem in these regions. With people not having a scientific knowledge of scurvy, I can see that taboos could be formed in the hope of avoiding the mysterious malaise that the onset of scurvy would bring. The site was more interested in modern outbreaks of scurvy as in refugee camps, but it all helps in trying to get a handle on the past from areas of the world where truly interested documentation is sadly lacking.

26th July 2006, 08:52 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,739	Scurvy I have been searching copper and brass knives from the Sahel on the net and was sent to a site about scurvy. Scurvy was surely a problem in these regions. With people not having a scientific knowledge of scurvy, I can see that taboos could be formed in the hope of avoiding the mysterious malaise that the onset of scurvy would bring. The site was more interested in modern outbreaks of scurvy as in refugee camps, but it all helps in trying to get a handle on the past from areas of the world where truly interested documentation is sadly lacking.