Scurvy is disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds, which particularly affected poorly nourished sailors until the end of the 18th century. Night blindness is caused by deficiency in vitamin A. Rickets by deficiency in vitamin D and beriberi by deficiency in vitamin B1.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.
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