Page 145 - Encyclopedia of Chemical Compounds 3 Vols

ASCORBIC ACID

and small blood vessels ruptured. These symptoms began to
Ascorbic acid. Red atoms
disappear as fresh foods became more available. If they did
are oxygen; white atoms are
hydrogen; and black atoms not get enough fresh food in their diets, people could die of
are carbon. Gray sticks are scurvy.
double bonds. PU BL I S HERS
RESOURCE GRO U P Scurvy was common enough that many people searched
for its cause and cure. Sailors were especially vulnerable to

94 CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS