672 Dr. de mertans’s Obfervations 
their torments. I have often been furprized at not hear- 
ing any cries of anguifh come from them in fo lamenta- 
ble a iituation; but they were ufed almoft continually to 
complain of their voice being feeble. 
The mode of treatment which I commonly made ufe 
of in curing the greater part, provided the mifchief had 
not made a confiderable progrefs in the fpongious bones 
of the upper jaw, was this : the firfl: thing I did was to 
put them on a vegetable diet, and order them foups, 
with a great many greens dreffed in light broth, fuch as 
four cabbage, carrots, turnips, and onions, See. to which 
I added ftewed onions and forrel. The drink of the big- 
ger fort was quas or four fmall beer; the leffer ones (none 
of which were ever feized with the fcurvy under two 
years old) drank water. 
During 
enfin les delivrer de tant de maux. J’ai ete fouvent etonne de ne leur entendre 
pouiTer aucun cri de douleur dans un etat auffi deplorable; mais ils fe plaig- 
noient prefque continuellement d’une voix languiffante. 
Le traitement que j’employois ordinairement gueriffolt la plus part, pourvu 
que le mal n’eut pas fait des progres dans les os fpongieux de la machoire fupe- 
rieure. D’abord je les mettois entierement a la nourriture vegctale, leur faifant 
donner des foupes avec beaucoup de legumes cuits dans un bouillon leger; comme 
cboux aigres, carottes, panais, navets, oignons, &c. des epinards, de jeunes 
orties, de l’ofelles, etuves: la boiffon des plus grands eioit le quas ou petite 
bierre aigrelette, les petits ( b ) buvoient de l’eau. 
(b) 11 a’en ai jamais vu au'deflbus de deux ans attaches du fcorbut. 
