Jean-Baptiste Charcot, the French Antarctic expedition and scurvy

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive¹  Francisco Manoel Branco Germiniani¹  Renato Puppi Munhoz¹ 

关键词: scurvy;    vitamin C;    maritime explorer;    escorbuto;    vitamina C;    explorador marítimo;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0004-282X20140058

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

During the second expedition to the South Pole, Commander Jean-Baptiste Charcot and some members of the crew of “Pourquoi Pas?” developed symptoms suggestive of scurvy. The clinical picture was totally reversed after dietary changes.

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