Scurvy

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1714: A short Essay on the Scurvy: in which the causes and cure of that disease are briefly stated and demonstrated ... With a touch on old veneral cases, and some remarks on the doctrine of acids and alkalies.
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1749: Mead, R: A discourse on the scurvy.
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1753: Addington, Anthony: An Essay on the sea-scurvy; wherein is proposed an easy method of curing that distemper at sea; and of preserving water sweet for any cruize or voyage.
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1782: Cursory Remarks on the nature and cause of the Marine Scurvy. Shewing that that fatal distemper may not only be prevented but probably easily cured on board ships any distance from land. (Additional remarks,) etc. [By J. Sherwen.].
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1782: Milman, Francis: An enquiry into the source from whence the symptoms of the scurvy and of putrid fevers arise ...
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1790: Thomson, Frederick: An essay on the scurvy. Shewing effectual and practicable means for its prevention at sea ...
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1791: Hayman, John: A treatise on the Scurvy, &c. ... To which is added an account of the success and efficacy of Hayman's Maredant's Drops.
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1843: Budd George: Remarks on the Cause of Scurvy, and on the means by which it may be prevented in merchant ships.
W. Gilbert, London, 1843. 8vo, 26 pp.
1852: White, W.: Probable fate of Sir John Franklin and crew. Or, the scurvy in the Arctic Seas, and correspondence of Captain W White with the Lords of the Admiralty, and the principal commanding officers of the late Arctic expeditions, on its prevention and cure.
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1877: Report of the Committee appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to enquire into the Causes of the Outbreak of Scurvy in the recent Arctic Expedition...
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1877: Markham, Clements Robert: A Refutation of the Report of the Scurvy Committee. ... Second edition, with additions.
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