This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1780 edition. Excerpt: ...will cure the fcurvy in an advanced (late, at fea; the cafes in Mr. Patten's journal demonftrate that it will; and he expreffes his opinion, that the wort (if the malt be found, and the infufion properly prepared) will feldom fail to accomplish a cure, even though the fliip fhould happen to be kept out at fea; ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1780 edition. Excerpt: ...will cure the fcurvy in an advanced (late, at fea; the cafes in Mr. Patten's journal demonftrate that it will; and he expreffes his opinion, that the wort (if the malt be found, and the infufion properly prepared) will feldom fail to accomplish a cure, even though the fliip fhould happen to be kept out at fea; and he thinks that when it has failed, the difappointment has been owing, . ither to the unfoundnefs of the malt, inattention with refpecl to preparing the infufion, or not administering it in fufficient quantity. There will, no doubt, however, fometimes occur fuch an untoward combination of fevere weather, fcarcity of water, bad provisions, and a crowded fhip, that even the molt approved antifcorbutics, if they were to be had, muft fall fhort of their ufual effe ts: as feems to have been the cafe on board the Swallow, in her paf-fage acrofs the Pacific Ocean; and in the Talbot Eaft-India-man, according to Mr. Clark's account, in his book entitled, Obfervations on the Difeafes in long Voyages, to hot Ciimatei." For reafons which will quickly appear, we hall quote one paffage more from this letter of Dr. Macbride's to the Author. Alluding to the ten cafes referred to above, that late ingenious philofopher and phyfician thus feelingly expreffes himfelf: " I did imagine that thefe cafes (lix of which are fufficiently conclufive in favour of the wort) Would have gone near to efta-blifh the credit of the malt infufion as an antifcorbutic; but my expectations, it feems, were rather too fanguine; fince I find they did not ferve to convince the perfon whom of all others I could have wiihed to be convinced, namely, Dr. L!nd; who ftill continues to pronounce, that it is not probable a remedy for the fcurvy will ever be difcovered from a...
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