frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoWhat was the first effective cure for a disease in history?message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down12
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareWhat was the first effective cure for a disease in history?frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 months agoLimeys figured out scurvy around 1600
minus-squareNighed@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoThe British then forgot why they gave everyone citrus, screwed it up and started getting scurvy again.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoSaying consuming vitamin c is the cure for vitamin c deficiency is like saying water is the cure for dehydration. If that’s the standard for “cures” then animals figured out the cure for dehydration before humans even existed.
Limeys figured out scurvy around 1600
The British then forgot why they gave everyone citrus, screwed it up and started getting scurvy again.
Saying consuming vitamin c is the cure for vitamin c deficiency is like saying water is the cure for dehydration.
If that’s the standard for “cures” then animals figured out the cure for dehydration before humans even existed.