on the Scurvy. 675 
damp was felt in the room the whole winter- The {curvy 
fhewed itfelf early in the fpring, and I had many more 
children ill than I had had the preceding feafons. The 
violent fymptoms were likewife much more frequent. 
Many had gangrenous puftules at the mouth, the jaw 
bones were carious in fome ; the limbs, particularly the 
legs of many, were drawn up and ftiff. 
I put all thefe lick perfons in the wooden houfe, which 
had already ferved many years as an hofpital for the 
fcurvy, and gave them the food and medicines above- 
mentioned; but the diforder was more ftubborn than 
ever it had been, and all I could do could hardly keep it 
down. In the middle of May, feeing that the remedies I 
had formerly tried were unfuccefsful, I began to think 
of other methods. The reflections communicated above, 
which 
tout ce qu’on put faire pour Teviter, de l’humidite dans les chambres. Le fcor- 
but commenca a fe manifefter de bonne heure, etj’eus beaucoup plus d’enfans 
fcorbutiques que les annees precedentes; les fymptomes violents etoient aufli 
plus frequents. Plufteurs eurent des puftules gangreneufes dans la bouche; 
quelquefuns les os des machoires caries; d’autres les membres, furtout les 
jambes, retires et roides. 
Je mis tous ces malades dans la maifon de bois, qui avoit deja fervi plufteurs 
annees d’hopital aux fcorbutiques; je leur fts donner la nourriture et les reinedes 
dont j’ai fait mention. Le mal etoit plus opiniatre, et tout ce que je pus faire 
fervoit a peine a en rallentir les progres. Vers le mois de May, voyant que les 
moyens employes les annees precedentes, ne fuffifoient pas pour guerir cette ma- 
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