Assertion: scurvy | /r/HasProperty | common
Facets:
value: among sailors
type: OTHER
value: in the past
type: TEMPORAL
value: among other people
type: OTHER
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: in the developed nations
type: LOCATION
value: on the india station
type: LOCATION
value: out to sea
type: LOCATION
value: among early sailing ship crews
type: OTHER
value: among pirates
type: LOCATION
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: during the eighteenth century
type: TEMPORAL
value: much less
type: DEGREE
value: for sailors on long voyages
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in the neonatal period
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Scurvy was common before vitamin C supplements and knowledge about the need for the nutrient in the diet were widely available.
text: Scurvy is uncommon in the neonatal period.
text: Scurvy was a common problem for sailors on long voyages during the eighteenth century because their diet lacked fresh fruit and vegetables.
text: Scurvy, or hypovitaminosis C, is an uncommon condition that exists today primarily within certain unique populations - particularly elderly subjects, patients with neurodevelopmental disabilities or psychiatric illnesses, or others with unusual dietary habits.
text: Today, scurvy is a much less common diagnosis and is typically seen in older adults who lack proper nutrition especially a diet with limited intake of foods enriched with vitamin C.
text: Scurvy was such a common problem that on any major voyage, it was expected that half of all sailors wouldn't survive.
text: Scurvy is a common disease among children and also among adults.
text: It was common among early sailing ship crews who did not have a source of Vitamin C in their diets during long voyages.
text: In the past, scurvy was common among sailors and other people deprived of fresh fruits and vegetables for long periods of time.
text: The reason that scurvy was so common among pirates was that they would spend a long time at sea, avoiding ports for fear of capture.
text: Scurvy was very common among sailors, out to sea longer than perishable fresh fruits and vegetables could store.
text: Scurvy was also common when agriculture first developed.
text: But Leonard Gillespie, a naval surgeon, had it reported to him that scurvy was still common on the India station, and that in 1781 HMS Egmont lost a third of her crew to the disease, on a return journey from Jamaica.
text: In the past, scurvy was common among sailors and other people deprived of fresh fruits and vegetables for long periods of time.
text: In the past, scurvy was common among sailors and other people deprived of fresh fruits and vegetables for long periods of time.
text: Scurvy used to be common among sailors
text: Scurvy is generally uncommon in the developed nations
text: Scurvy, as traditionally defined, is uncommon.
text: Although scurvy is uncommon, it still occurs and can affect adults and children who have chronic dietary vitamin C deficiency (see the image below).