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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    [ n.. ] matter with any medicines^ or any regimen or diet, that can there be obferved, even fo to palliate it, as to preferve life till they can be got on fhore, or to the end of the voyage, when they may be freed from fome of thefe inconveni¬ ences. When this difeafe occurs on fliore, where doubtlefs it frequently does, and where too I think we have no caufe to doubt may be oft complicate with other fymp- toms, a dry inland air, with a dry fandy or gravelly foil, with moderate exercife, and the efcu- lent and fuccxilent fruits and herbs ujfed