ETIOLOGY OF SCURVY.
Abstract
It is fortunate that scurvy is much less common than it once was, although every now and then outbreaks occur, and sometimes under circumstances amid which the disease would ordinarily not be expected. That the disorder is a dietetic one there seems no reason to doubt. It has for a long time been thought to be dependent on an absence from the food of some substance, or substances, contained in fresh vegetables and fruits, and, accordingly, lime-juice has been recommended and...