SCURVY 305 



this stage, we meet with persistent diarrhea with bloody-serous 

 stools. Sometimes there is icterus, as was found by Scherer (I.e. 

 908) and by Urizio (988). Death results with complications of an 

 infectious nature; although it may also be due to heart failure. 



Complication with hemeralopia (night blindness) was noted by 

 Zak (989) among Russian prisoners. Hift (990) was able to avoid 



FIG. 61. "SEILTANZER" POSITION IN SCURVY (ASCHOFF-KOCH) 



these complications by means of liver therapy, which shows, perhaps, 

 that the condition of scurvy in these cases was complicated by still 

 another avitaminosis. O'Shea (991) saw 300 cases of hemeralopia 

 among English troops, in 22 cases of which the fundus of the eye 

 was examined. In three of these cases, the only change was a definite 

 paleness. Changes in the retina in scurvy were investigated by 

 Kitamura (992). 



