Word: citrous
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Vitamin C. Precisely two centuries ago British mariners discovered that scurvy could be prevented or cured by eating citrous fruits. All in the past two years the anti-scurvy Vitamin C has been identified, its chemical structure determined, its synthetic preparation accomplished. The story was told last week by some of its principal figures...
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