on the Scurvy. 6yt 
with the legs near the thighs, in two cafes the fame 
thing has happend to the armSs 
The gangrene of the gums and mouth, as well as the 
caries of the bones, ufed infenfibiy to inereafe to fetch a 
degree, that the bones of the alveoli and the fpongious 
part of thofe of the upper jaw ufed to fall out. The 
mifchief was ufed, however, to make a flow progrefs; 
there often elapfed a fortnight, and fometimes more, 
after the beginning of the gangrene of the mouth and 
caries of the bones ; and many months between the firft 
fymptoms and the ifage of the diforder I have been de- 
fcribing. Even in this ftage, dreadful as it was, they ftill 
took nourifhment fufficient, and even much more than 
it would be thought pofiible they fhould have taken in 
fuch a fituation. It was impoflible, however, they fliould 
live long in fuch a ftate, and death foon put an end to 
their 
couple de fois arriver la meme chofeaux bras. 
La gangrene des gencives, de la bouche et la cane des os augmentoient infen- 
fiblement, au point que les os des alveoles et la partie fpongieufe de ceux de 
la macholre fuperieure tomboient. Ce mal alioit lentement; il fe paflbit quel-- 
ques fois quinze jours, et meme plus, depuis le commencement de la gangrene 
de la bouche et de la carie des os, et plufieurs mois depuis ^apparition des pre- 
miers fymptomes de la maladie jufqu’au point queje viens de deer ire. Malgre 
cela ilsprenoient encore dans ce dernier periode de la nourriture enquantite fuf- 
fifante, et infiniment plus qu’on n’auroit pu fe l’imaginer d’apres leur etat. Ils 
ne pouvoient cependant vivre longtems dans cette fituation* et la inert venoit 
enfis 
