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dci that tliey might make proper trials of it: they fou'ad after 



the rob of 



fome ei:|^*f im^nts, nhat, it had iiearly the fame effeift' as 



lemons, and' perhaps h^d 'moFeover-the goo-d quality of keepihg 



tlie belly open/ and preventing that.conftipation which is fo gene- 



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r?il in fea-fariwiT.men'i but it did not cure any fcorbutic fymptoms, 



prevent the increafe of tlie evil 



Th 



iori_o 



f the 



juice of lemons 'and'of carrots by fire, has perhaps deprived thefe 



which might be 



two antifcorbutic fubllances of thofe properties, 

 e^rpedjed from them, if Id's expofed to the fire ;! I am therefore of 

 opifiion that the 'exprSffedijuice of lemons by itfelf is a more power- 

 ful antifeptic, than either the rob^or the marmalade of carrots 



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as it has been very juftly apprehended, that the exprefied ju 

 lemons will not keep in a good condition for a long fpace of tinie • 



that the Captain with me obtained 



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of 



I only beg leave to mention. 



about thirty gallons of lemon-juice at the Cape of Good Hope, 

 to which, quantity we added about a fifth or a fixth part of brandy 



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or rum which preferved the lemon-juice during the fpace of 



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tliirty-two months in 



fo good a condition. 



that it really appeared 



be as good, as if it had been frefh exprefied 



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mixed up with fugar and given to fcorbutic patients, will undoubt- 

 edly with the other r:€medies greatly promote their recovery. 

 Thefe few remarks and hints will I hops difclofe fuch a method 



of preventing the deleto 



effecSts of the fcurvy on board the 



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