SCURVY IN CASUAL WARDS.

Scurvy

Scurvy

Scurvy

People write to ask me if the dose is to be half a drachm or half an ounce, so it is as well to say half an ounce unmistakably, or the drug might fall into undeserved disrepute. I am asked if the patients whose swollen legs I describe may not have been suifering from Beri-beri. I believe not. The cases yielded readily to the usual antiscorbutic treatment, while Beri-beri requires turpentine.

Scurvy in Indian Jails

of a jail is always of grave import. It is attributed in our Indian jails chiefly to a deficiency in the protein and alkaline constituents that enter into the composition of the prescribed jail diet, the alkaline constituents being chiefly potash salts.* These factors tend to induce a change in the composition of the blood, followed by a train of symptoms, that have special reference to the gum...

Scurvy in Bilaspur State

. Bilaspur State is a hill state, in the Simla "^ls. Its area is 452 square miles; the average altitude is 3,000 feet though some of the hills ] jse to a height of 6,000 feet or over. Most of t'le land is under cultivation, and the crops Senerally grown are maize, wheat and rice. The y?urce of irrigation is chiefly rain water. The staple diet of the public is maize and dal, with occasionally wh...