An historical account of a new method of treating the scurvy at sea : containing ten cases, which shew that this destructive disease may be easily and effectually cured without the aid of fresh vegetable diet / By David MacBride.

  • David Macbride
Date:
1767
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An historical account of a new method of treating the scurvy at sea : containing ten cases, which shew that this destructive disease may be easily and effectually cured without the aid of fresh vegetable diet / By David MacBride. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    •and thus prove a Remedy always In rea~ dinefs againfi a moil; fatal Difeafe. This Propofal was originally fent In the Spring of the Year 1762, to Sir John Prin¬ gle > I):. Hunter, and Henry'Porn, Efq; then one of the Commiflioners for taking care of fick and wounded Seamen : Thefe Gentle¬ men were fo far perfuaded of the Reafon- ablenefs of the Scheme,, and the Probability of its Succefs^ that in confequence of their Application, an Order was obtained, from the Board of Admiralty, to have the Wort tried in the Naval Hofpitals, at Portfmouthy and at Plymouth. But a$ it was neceffary, in order to deter, mine the genuine Effefts of the Remedy propofed, that the Patients fhould, during the Time of the Trial, be entirely debarred from theUfe of every Sort of frefla Vegeta¬ ble, this Reftridtion was deemed fo fevere, and looked fo like retarding Men’s Cures for the fake of Experiment, that it occafion- ed a general Murmur and Difguff, and of courfe, put a Stop to the further Profecution of the Scheme at the Elofpitals: Nay the Patients made fuch a Variety of grievous B 2 Complaints,