Report of the Commitee appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to enquire into the causes of the outbreak of scurvy in the recent Arctic Expedition ; the adequacy of the provision made by the Admiralty in the way of food, medicine, and medical comforts ; and the propriety of the orders given by the commander o[f] the Expedition for provisioning the sledge parties.
- Great Britain. Admiralty. Committee on Scurvy.
- Date:
- [1877?]
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Credit: Report of the Commitee appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to enquire into the causes of the outbreak of scurvy in the recent Arctic Expedition ; the adequacy of the provision made by the Admiralty in the way of food, medicine, and medical comforts ; and the propriety of the orders given by the commander o[f] the Expedition for provisioning the sledge parties. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![GENERAL INDEX. TOBACCO, continued- Mr. Bayley— Tobacco enjoyed when sledging, 6503. TEEATMENT. [See Scurvy.1 URINE. [See Scurvy.-] VEGETABLES. [For those Eaten, see Diet; see also Sorrel, Mustard.'] Subheads 1. General. 2. Potato. Papers in Appendix, and with Report. No. Analysis of preserved potato— By Surgeon-Major Br. De Chauinont, .. .. 23 „ Professor Attfield witli Report Ant iscorbutic plants in the arctic regions . . .. 26 Preserved carrots, by Professor Attfield '. . with Report Compressed cabbages, by Professor Attfield .. „ „ mixed vegetables were, Evidence. 1. General. Br. Colan— What their preserved and compressed vegetables 1697-9. ° Br. Moss— Besirability of taking more vegetables, fruits, &c, 2432. Dr. Ninnis— What, vegetables he grew, suggestions for growing, 2738 ; peas and beans grown, 2740. Dr. Piers— List of, taken in former expeditions, 4677. Dr., Macdonald— Extent to which turnips are antiscorbutic, 4886-7, 4895 -8 ; a small amount of potash in them, 4898. Br. De Chaumont— What possess most antiscorbutic qualities, 5054 ; dande- lion^ a succulent vegetable, with some vegetable aeids, 5055 ; use of dandelions to make soup, 4964 ; recurrence of scurvy when dandelions faded in hot weather in the Crimea, 4968-9. Dr. Pavy— Dried vegetables antiscorbutic, but not so much as fresh, 5215. Mr. Busk- Preserved cannot be relied upon as antiscorbutics, 5249 ; cooking them impairs then- property, the living juice necessary, 5265. Dr. Guy— Yegetables and fruits rank together as antiscorbutics, 5319 ; preserved vegetables rank next, 5319. Br. Buzzard— Compressed ones useful, but not palatable or antiscorbutic, 5467, 5471 ; vegetable juices are depreciated in preserva- tion, 5468-70 Mr. Leach— Americans use vegetables and not lime juice as antiscor- butics, 55/4-5 ; antiscorbutic virtue of dried vegetables not yet ascertained, 5597. Captain Eeilden, R.A.— Angelica officinalis 'not found north of the seventy-eighth parallel, 5977-8 ; it is used as a preserve, and considered antiscorbutic, 5976 ; a little dandelion (taraxacum dens- leonus) found between latitudes 82° and 83°, 6074; it could not have been cultivated from want of seed 6075-6. Rear-Admiral Pullen— A small patch of ground at Port Simpson cultivated, 6137, 6147 ; potatoes, barley and turnips grown, 6148-9, 6137, 6150 ; found some mushrooms, 6173. Dr. Rae— To what extent they are cultivated round the forts of the Hudson Bay people, 8868-71 ; use of andromeda when sledging, 8722. . Potato- Sir G. Nares— No fresh potatoes taken, 89 ; impossibility of carrying them, from want of room, 90-92. Commander Parr- Potato carried in bags, 1488; remained perfectly good, 1489 ; it was cooked and eaten with pemmican, 1490. Dr. Colan^ Edwards's preserved potato supplied', 1787 ; description of it, 1/88-9; slightly boiled before eating, 1790; was liked by the men, 1791. Dr. Moss— Slight mustiness in potato, 2310 ; but very rarely, 2311 ; Edwards's preserved potatoes excellent, 2433-4 ; 'whether fresh potatoes could be taken, 2435. Dr. Piers— Pound Edwards's very good in Investiga tor, -1078-0 Commander Cameron— The sweet one a convolvulus root, 4710 ; account of the native mode of cooking, 4711 ; it is a starchy food, and as succulent as the English potato, 4712 15 ; the English potato unknown where he went, 4814. Br. Macdonald— Baw contains citric and tartaric acid, and is antiscorbutic, 4906 j more so than when preserved, 4906. VEGETABLES. 2. Potato, continued— Dr. De Chaumont— The preserved insufficient to ward off scurvy, not equal to the fresh, probable loss of soluble or organic salts in re- paration, 5004, 5099, 5100. Mr. Busk— Preserved potato does not contain the antiscorbutic pro- perties of the raw, 5266. Br. Guy- Its importance in preventing scurvy, 5313-15; the anti- scorbutic property due to its vegetable acid, 5376 ; pre- served potatoes not equal to fresh, but need not be much interior, 5377. Dr. Buzzard— Potatoes or vegetables superior as antiscorbutics to lime juice, 5478-9; if potatoes could be kept good on board ship scurvy would never'be heard of, 5478 ; suggestion to take raw potatoes sliced and preserved in molasses, o526 ; to be eaten raw as a salad, 5529 ; raw ones more antiscorbutic than cooked and preserved, 5527 Mr. Leach— Antiscorbutic virtue in preserved potato not yet ascertained, 5597. Br Dickson— Preserved not equal to fresh, but cooked equal to raw, 5714, 5729. Vice-Admiral Ommanney— Advantages of Edwards's preserved potato, its antiscor- butic effect, 5797; raw potato given by the French as antiscorbutic, 5899. Captain Eeilden— Allowance sledging in recent expedition very good, 6043 • were cooked mixed with pemmican, 6041-4. J. Organ— Three sorts of potatoes in Assistance and Resolute, 6598-9 ; preferred French sliced potatoes to Edwards's, 6600—1. Dr. Barnes— Raw potatoes more antiscorbutic than cooked, 7136. Sir A. Armstrong— Uncooked potatoes more antiscorbutic than cooked, 9161 ; P°t|to6ls antiscorbutic, but not so much so as lime juice, VEGETATION. Dr. Colan— A good deal of vegetation round the winter quarters, 2154. VENTILATION. [See also 'Air. Testing Air and Carbonic Acid in the Air, see under Air. Sylvester Stove, see under that head.] Subheads 1. General. 2. Recent Expedition. 3. Former Expeditions. 4. Condensation. 5. Advantage of heating air on admission. Papers in Appendix. ]XTo. Sections and plans of Alert, Discovery, and Resolute, with cubical contents of decks .. 22 incidence. 1. General. Sir J. Nares— Difficulty of ventilating arctic ships, 216; rapid inter- change of air in arctic regions, owing to difference of temperature, and consequent ventilation witli a small opening, 230 ; increase of moisture with increased venti- lation, 231. Dr. Moss- Suggestions for improving ventilation by metal condensers, 2415-17; impossibilty of affording more space in arctic ships, 2419 ; large ships impossible, 2420. Dr. Ninnis— Suggestion to house in the upper deck with snow and make communication to it from lower deck, 2683. Dr. Coppinger— Difficulties in ventilation have always existed in arctic ships, 2911 ; impossibility of carrying out on principles used on shore, 2912 ; increase of cubic space of air by a deck- house would involve difficulties in warming, 3912; difficulties of navigation render large ships unadvisable, 2913 ; impossibility of renewing air sufficiently often, if a high standard of air is accepted, 2864-9. Admiral Richards— Snow walls could not be substituted for canvas housing, 3165-6 ; they would decrease the area of the deck, 3165 ; the suggestion of covering a large space of the deck not practical, 3168 ; difficulty of ventilation, owing to cold- ness of air preventing its renewal, and limited supply of fuel, 3205-6. Sir L. M'Clintock— The necessity of keeping up the temperature limits the change of air, 3333 ; advantage of increasing ventilation by introducing heated ah-, 3334-5; such ventUation could be more applied, but is not necessary, 3336 ; the stove pipes and opening and shutting of doors keep the air pure, 3337-8 ; advantage of a snow-house over upper deck, 3322.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24397945_0562.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
