An account of two instances of the true scurvy, seemingly occasioned by the want of due nourishment : being an extract of a letter addressed to Dr. Baker / by Francis Milman.

  • Sir Francis Milman, 1st Baronet
Date:
1772
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of two instances of the true scurvy, seemingly occasioned by the want of due nourishment : being an extract of a letter addressed to Dr. Baker / by Francis Milman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (c MEDICAL il her ihoulders, arms, and bread:, ‘‘ not attended with a dwelling in i( any of the parts affedted. Her “ fefpiration was at the fame time “ difficult and opprefied. Thefe “ fymptoms increafed upon her every “ day. In the latter end of April, “ being then in the neighbourhood, “ I was defiled to vifit her as an ob¬ ject of charity, and as a perfon, the fingularity of whofe cafe might be worthy of my attention. I “ found her labouring under a “ dyfpnoea, and pain in her breaft, “ with a weak, and very quick pulfe. “ Her tongue was of a brown co- “ lour. Her gums were fpongy, bleeding upon the leaft touch, and in fome parts corroded aim oft to (e the roots of her teeth. Her breath c was horridly offenfive. Her whole body was extremely emaciated, par- (C ticularly her arms and legs, the fkin of which, from the elbows to i( the CC f CS
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