Many sailors owed their lives to the work of Gilbert Blane. There should be a song to celebrate him!

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2021/february/finding-cure-scurvy#:~:text=After%20considerable%20experimentation%2C%20he%20determined%20that%20adding%2010,it%20almost%20indefinitely%2C%20without%20destroying%20its%20beneficial%20properties.

U.S. Naval Institute Finding the Cure for Scurvy By Philip K. Allan February 2021

After considerable experimentation, [Blane] determined that adding 10 percent “spirits of wine” (i.e., distilled ethyl alcohol) to lemon juice would preserve it almost indefinitely, without destroying its beneficial properties.

From 1795 onward, three-quarters of an ounce of lemon juice per day was mandated to be given to every sailor serving throughout the Royal Navy, nearly banishing scurvy at a stroke.

The Merchant Shipping Act 1894 states; The lime or lemon juice and sugar shall be served out daily at the rate of an ounce each per day to each member of the crew, and shall be mixed with a due proportion of water before being served out.