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. 2014 Jul;72(7):562-3.
doi: 10.1590/0004-282x20140058.

Jean-Baptiste Charcot, the French Antarctic expedition and scurvy

Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive  1 , Francisco Manoel Branco Germiniani  1 , Renato Puppi Munhoz  2
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Jean-Baptiste Charcot, the French Antarctic expedition and scurvy

Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive et al. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2014 Jul.
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Abstract

During the second expedition to the South Pole, Commander Jean-Baptiste Charcot and some members of the crew of "Pourquoi Pas?" developed symptoms suggestive of scurvy. The clinical picture was totally reversed after dietary changes.

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