Practical thoughts on the prevention and cure of the scurvy : especially in the British Navy / By William Jervey.

  • Jervey, William
Date:
1769
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Credit: Practical thoughts on the prevention and cure of the scurvy : especially in the British Navy / By William Jervey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ <55 ] of a wooden can, a wooden bowl and platter, with a few wooden jfpoons for each mefs, confifting of three, four, or fometimes more ^ perfbns ; fo that when vinegar is ferved to a fliip’s company, which is commonly once a month, or fortnight, thefe having nothing to put it in, are obliged to go without it ; and in moll ftiips, at firft fitting out, the greateft part of their complement confifts of fuch people. The failors likewife in general, when in health, are fo thoughtlefs and carelefs, that, as they confider this not as an article of diet, and K as