The power of water-dock against the scurvy : with marks to know that disease in all its states : instances of its being mistaken for other disorders : and rules of life for those afflicted with it / by the late Sir John Hall, M.D.

  • John Hill
Date:
1801
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Credit: The power of water-dock against the scurvy : with marks to know that disease in all its states : instances of its being mistaken for other disorders : and rules of life for those afflicted with it / by the late Sir John Hall, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ *5 ] their way of life and circumftances in thefe places \ but they mud expect their relief to be more tedious. Let thofe to whom it is indiiferent where they live, if they have any caufe to fufpecl the fcurvy, remove from them,. Air that is fouled by the breath and perfpiration of many perfons kept clofe together, is yet much more hurtful. It is for this reafon, I fuppofe, that few are cured of the fcurvy in an hofpital : indeed, if it wera pofllble, more care ought to be taken of the air in. thefe charities; for, betides rendering this difeafe unw tradable, they often bring on hectics and confump- tions, in thofe.who elfe would not have fallen into* them. It is in thefe bad airs, and aim oft in thefe only, that I have found the extreme degrees of the fcurvy,, In. the inhabitants of fait marfbes, offenfive breath. and decaying teeth . are common fymptoms ; and in. hofpitals, the eruptions, which would naturally have been followed anl-y by a dry fcurf or fcale, have fixed into moid and permanent forest- Even in the word cafes of the marfh fcurvy,. I have feen this medicine cure; and it is particular, that the God of nature, who does nothing in vain, has fixed the plant in thofe grounds moft abundantly ; that the foil, together'with the mifchief, might bring forth the remedy.