维生素C缺乏病主要是指坏血病,坏血病在历史上曾是严重威胁人类健康的一种疾病。过去几百年间曾在海员、探险家及军队中广为流行,特别是在远航海员中尤为严重,故有“水手的恐惧”之称。 Vitamin C deficiency mainly refers to scurvy, which has historically been a disease that poses a serious threat to human health. Over the past few hundred years has been popular among seafarers, explorers and the military, especially in the voyage of seafarers is particularly serious, it is “fear of sailors, ” said.