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which were found in the sea-scurvy to be very 

 efficacious. 



Dr. Willich states, that the largest dose 

 of opium may be checked in it's narcotic 

 effects, if a proper quantity of citric acid be 

 taken with it; and that, with this adjunct, 

 it induces cheerfulness instead of stupefaction, 

 and is succeeded by gentle and refreshing 

 sleep. 



In Sicily, the juice of lemons forms an 

 important article of commerce, it being con- 

 sidered the most valuable remedy for the 

 scurvy in long voyages. It is also very 

 extensively used by calico-printers, as a dis- 

 charger of colour, to produce, with more 

 clearness and effect, the white figured parts 

 of coloured patterns, dyed with colours formed 

 from iron. 



When Gibraltar was besieged or blocked 

 up in the autumn of 1780, vegetables had 

 become so scarce, that a small cabbage sold 

 for 5s. which caused the scurvy to rage to 

 such a degree, as threatened more fatal 

 consequences than the gun-boats of the 

 Spaniards. The women and children, as 

 well as the officers, were equally affected 

 with this dreadful disorder, when happily 

 an antidote was procured by the capture of a 

 Danish dogger, from Malaga, laden with 



