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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    1 [ 7° ] and I think no ways improbable ; but if it was made with about a fourth part of vinegar, and fweet- eneda little, I believe it would prove much more e£Fe6lual, and might be given to the quantity of about ^iii. or ^iv. twice a day. I have often at fea given an oxy- mel of it for coughs, and likewife the ox. ex allio ; both which I have found powerful medicines, with giving opiates at bed-time. It has been judged that the Pe¬ ruvian bark, as it has beenfound of fuch virtue, in remedying thofe pu¬ trid fevers that occur fometimes in hot