Show in the old navy days daya before tho the days of cold storage facil itle which enabled the carrying of fresh vegetables on ships the crew was subject to scurvy duo due to lack of proper diet tills disease which more inore often than not appeared ad pea r on vessels long at sea caused cause d loathsome sores to break out on tile the body teeth loosened and tell fell out and a bodily weakness came over the strongest men fresh vegetables tor for a day would usually r ro 0 storo store the entire crew to lical th to secure fresh meat I 1 that hat would stave oft off scurvy old time sailors would often eat t rats today regardless gard gar less dloss of the length of a cruise ships or of our navy carry ample supplies of fresh fruits and vegetables |