on the Scurvy. 669 
kloukna, which are of the fize of a fmall cherry and very 
acid, are, together with apples, ftrawberries, and rafber- 
ries, almoft the only fruits of thefe countries. 
In the Foundling Hofpital, of which I was a phyfician, 
there were every winter feveral fcorbutic patients. 1 his 
hofpital was built near the conflux of two rivers, in a 
place the foil of which has been railed at a great expence.’ 
As near back as the year 1770 there were fall ftagnated 
waters to be feen in the place; but only a part of the 
children lived there, the remainder lived in a ftone houfe, 
fituated upon an eminence in the neighbourhood. 
The ufual fymptoms of the fcurvy on thefe childien 
were, the fwelling of the gums, the naufeous breath, a. 
great languor and dejection ; they ufed to become . cache-' 
ti e*-, 
nium, et d’autres prefquefemblahles qu’ils appellent kloukna, de la groffeur d’une.. 
petite cerife et fort acides, font avec les ponrmes, les fraifes et.les framboifes, 
prefque les feuls fruits de ces contrees. . 
J’avois chaque annee en hiver et au printems, dans la maifon ties enfans - 
trouves, dontj’etois medecin, beaucoup de fcorbutiques. On a batx cette maifon 
pres du confluent de deux rivieres, dans un lieu dont on a releve le terrem a 
grands fraix. Jufqu’en 17 70 on voyoit encore parci par la de l’eau croupiflante 
dans cet endroit- mais il n’y avoit qu’une partie des enfans qui y demeuroit, 
les autres occupant une vielle maifon de pierre fituee fur une eminence dans le 
voiliuage. 
Les fymptoms ordinaires de feorbut ches ces enfans etoient le gonflement des , 
"encives, la pefanteur de la bouche, une grande laffitude et abattement; lls de- 
® venoient..v 
