Assertion: scurvy | /r/HasProperty | due
Facets:
value: to low levels of vitamin c
type: CAUSE
value: essentially
type: DEGREE
value: to putrefaction of the body
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Lind thought that scurvy was due to putrefaction of the body which could be helped by acids, and thus included a dietary supplement of an acidic quality in the experiment.
text: Atkinson inclined to Almroth Wright’s theory that scurvy is due to an acid intoxication of the blood caused by bacteria...
text: Today we know that scurvy is due solely to a deficiency in vitamin C, a compound essential to metabolism that the human body must obtain from food.
text: Scurvy is due to low levels of vitamin C, which is water-soluble and cannot be stored in the human body.
text: Scurvy is due to a deficiency of vitamin C, an important antioxidant vitamins
text: It may be stated, therefore, that experiments have demonstrated that scurvy is due essentially to the lack of a specific vitamine.
text: Scurvy is due to not enough vitamin C in the diet.