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,,·¡.h • dry ,nd mild Icprofy. The blood dr>wn from •

veio ¡SI black. grllmous, thick, and

yet

wants its d ile

coolillenct: in the ribrous

pan ; lhe

fcrllm i5

(.l it.

(harp,

and

dbollnding

\Vuh

ól

)t:llowilh greeo

nHleus

on its

fUf–

face . Then: ;tl'e

~nawing,

rt:nding

p.lios.

quickly

fl,ift–

¡nc from

rlAce!

place:. whil"h

gro\V more viol::nt in

[he

night,

afil"~

t.ng

..1I lhe: joints, bones, anu vifcera.

lhe founh

Clate,

Iher\.!

are

ft:\'t'f S

variau,

kinos,

which bring on

<lO

atrophy; Comctimes diarrhceas,

dy–

(cnterics. or violent fb dn¡!uries; as airo fai ntlnp,s and mor–

3nxic:~ies.

a dropfy.

(on(ulllption, convul(ions ,

trem–

bling. a palfy, c{mtraélions, blí\ck

fpo ,s,

voiding of blood

\l pwards :tnd d nwr wards,

ti.

putf(:f.tétion anJ. conCumption

the!

hyc:r, (picen.

p.tncrcas,

mtf~ntery.

Now the con–

tagion f.

r~ads \'~ry

qu !(k.

Tite:

lirft ligo

~ht:

a ppr01ch of this difc:afe is com–

monl y

chaof.c

colnur In t

fa.:e, which becomes pctle

yello\,;ifn, "od bloatcd, with:t I

dll

d rnt:(s, and an a

verlio"

l(.·exa~ife.

The caruficles of the eyes appe;u of

a gret:niO\ can , and yet in olher rf"fpeCls lhe patient (eems

pt:rfC'tl heahh.

Howe v~r,

lhe change of colour in Ihe

{ace does oot always prc!cede [he ocher rymplOrns, though

it conlbndy

teods

th~ m.

1.-heo an

univerC.II

,dJitude

fu–

perv~ot::s,

and a a iEro, fs :md feeblenefs of lhe knees, Wilh

rlilfi~ulcy

of breathul

on lht! leaH mOlion

Soon afta

th~s

lhere is an

iH;h;~g

01'

,h'C! gUI11S,

whi ~'h

(well , and are

'P'

bleed on .he le.a fo ,él¡on

T hen .hey become li–

vid. foft and fpongy , and afterwards extremel y putrid

and fungous

Thís rottennc:fs ur the gums js an infepa–

nu'e fign "f .his dif••fe. Thefe are nOI olll y fu bjeél

bleed, but there are hzmorrhages f¡-om differeDt pdrts of

.be body_

The O<tn is dry throughollt the whole c-ou rfe of :his

dife~Ce,

excepl lOwards lhe lal" aod in maoy it is rough.

lo fOnle

appears like the

ncio

of a goore

but it is moa

frequently frnooth \tnd (hining.

IS Hained Wilh blue,

purpk; liv,d, or black fpotS ; ' fome of which are fm. lI,

and others of a hand 's breadth, when lhe dirCl fe is ad·

vanced. They are chic:fly

0 0

lhe legs ;¡nd thighs, but

fom~times

....

the arms and trunk of

.~he

body

Sorne

have a fwt:lling of the ankles in lhe evc:ning, which di rap

pears in tRe Qlorning. I n a lu de time it advaoccs gra·

dually up the leg, 2nd lhe whole member becomes rede–

matous. Hurts, bl uifes, wounds he.,led up. ;¡ nd fra c·

tured pí\rtS,

alw~ys

hecome f 'orbutic fir(l . Old ulcers

w ill emit a thin ft:tid r.Joies . nllxed with blood, ar.d at

length coaculated gore wiJl lie 00 lhe rlld.tcc of th:! {ore

Jike a cake

As lhe dife:lCe increaCc:s, they (1100t out a

foft, bJoody tungus

~efeml\ling

bu llnck's livcr, which

fametimc!' will riCe

a mor.(lrolls fize

JII

:lo

nihhl's time.

T he

(1i~hteCI

bruifes and wounds of

rc()r~\utic

pCI

(ons de·

generate into rueh ulcers,

a.nd

are eafil y diHingudht d from

aH others, by hei ng putfld, bloocy , alLd fungous ..

T o prevt nt the f,-urvy at IJnd, it will be proper to

chufe a warm , dry. pure air, with a dice uf cafy di–

geOion,

con(jl1i ,.~

chiefly of a lluc mixture of anim,.! and

vegetable fubnances for thofe are mofl hable

It who

live in marfhy, wet CCli ls, a..d

plaCt:s Cubjeél

gn:at

rains

~nd

fogs

or in

d¡t"fnp,

low ap:lr tOJenlS, u.,kfs they

Jceep coonant fin" aod lh('ir chit:f fIJad be Ol OI blOth:;,

...i.h pleo.)' of [rdh gret DS or vegetablt., anJ weH bakcd

[ ° 7

hr..d

m.de

of whea.-Oour; as alfo a choJeful glafS of

ruin e good wholefonlc fcrOlcnrcd liquor.

Cleanlin~fs,

en–

tt:rt<lin,llg ftl1luCcm:'\Hs,

~ nci

moderate exc-rClrc:, wdl alfo

gooo prefcrvdtives in tht.:Cc cAfc!s. In garflfons , t he

fol{lters Ihou ld

be: kept

as ciry, cl ean, and warm as pof–

fibl e, and thC:lr prot'!'ions nlOuld be as v.:holeComc as can

be procured, wíth plt nt y of good vegctables, panicular–

Cdl.ds

of garden-cretrcs.

The bcfl me.hod of preven.ing .he fcurvy ,. fe. will

appear from rhe cíFt!éls which Dr Lind

h~s

obferved fe ..

veral medicines have had, efpeciltlly

~hofe

which ha

been greatly recomm cndcd as prt:fervatives .

On the

2o.h of

M3y

1747 , being on

bo.rd

.h< Salilbury

fea,

he took t "-'elve fcorbutic patiems under his care. rrhey

had putrid gums, rpots, and laffitude, with we"knefs of

their knees.

1~h! y

had a proper apanmeot in the (ore–

hold : thcir diet was water.r, ruel (weetened , in

morning–

fómetimes mutton bToth fo/ di nner, fOOletimes light pud:

dings, boiled bifcuit with fugar,

Oc.

and for fupper,

bulc:yaod railins, rice and currants, fago and wine, and

the Ilke. Two of tht fe wert: ordered each a quart

cyoer in a day

lwoo~hers

tweOl y-five drops of elixir of

vitriol, three times a·day, u pun iln empty llom;¡,ch, ufing

a garglc acid .llareu with the t.une. T wo others rook two

fpoon ~uls

of vlnegflr three times a-day; having their

gruds, olher fO'Jd, ano gugles \Vell acidulated wilh it.

T ·vo

of lhe

\Vorl~

pilticnts, with the tendoos of the ham

rigid, were pUl unde r

courfe of fea-water, and drank

about apio. every day, more

lcfs, accordiog lO its

0 -

per:uion,

whi ...

h was ¡ntended

be as gentle

phyfic~

T wo Olhers h,{d

ed.ch

two or<tnges ;md one

l~mon

giveo

thcm t'vcry Ofly, whit:h they etlt wlth grecdint'fs upon an

empty Ilomach, at diffacnt limt s

This

ctlurfe Wd.S coo–

rinued bUI fix d.lys. becAufe no more fru·t cou ld be al:

lo\ved.

TnL

t \Vo rema.ining palien:s took lhe bigneCs of

a nut Oleg. rhre:e

tim~'s

d.1y,

of an t leelu Iry m.tde of

g::trlic,

mu(

b.rd

feed, b ,lrd.11l uf Peru,

<l.nd

gum myrrh ;

uCinS for 1..0010100 drlflk b.uley w.ter \Vcll otcidulated

wi th tdm,uinds; by

dt:coélion of whlch, and cream,

they were s ently purgcd three or four tulles d urihg the

COUI

fe.

The oranges and lemons had .he

bea

eifefi; for one

o[ thoCe who hAd taken th em, was at lhe end of fix days

fit for du.y ; and he .ook no.hing more bu•• gargle of

the elixi r of vitriol fo r his gu01S, whkh were nOI quite

found, anO fo recovered his

~eaith

eotirely. The other

bcing more recovered than any of lhe other patienn, was

appolOttd

louk after them. Next tO the oranges the

cy.Jer h:HI rhe hen dFeéls,

thou~h

it was not very good ,

bcing Pll¡;k'u ; for thore who drank

\vere in a f.tirer

W:ly

of recuvery at Ihe end o{ the fortoight, the time

allow~d

for making the ex perimcnu, ,han any of lhe refi.

EliXi r o( vitriol did no

~ood

unlt rs as a gargle, nor

yet

any of Ihe reH

the med,cines . Oranges are prercrable

tO lernons; fo r by theCe the lord Anfon's .people \Vere fo

fpeecidy

ii lld

furpnfingly rccuve red al the iChnd of

l 'inian~

Hdirll.s. ]\fr l\l urray affirms, from expt:rien-.::e, that 0-

r.tngts and Jc01ons , when propcrly and fuffi ciently ufed.

flre an infd llible cure in

('very

fl.lge 3nd rpeeies of this dir–

eaft',

there ís any dt.!gree o( nalural ftreogth Jc:ft, and

wh~rc

a diarrhaa, lienlcry, or dyfentcry,J are nor joined to

.be.