Assertion: scurvy's cause | /r/HasProperty | typical of incomprehensible
Facets:
value: almost
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Despite this triumph, Lind’s ideas on what caused scurvy were typical of his epoch and almost incomprehensible, involving blocked perspiration, the consequent build-up of pu­trescence in the body and the unhealthiness of shipboard air, which had defective “spring and elasticity” leading to poor digestion among other ailments.