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Scorbutic

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy.





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"Scorbutic" Quotes from Famous Books



... appearance among us: Mr. Scallon, the gunner of the Hecla, had for some days past been complaining of pains in his legs, which Mr. Edwards at first took to be rheumatic, but which, together with the appearance of his gums, now left no doubt of the symptoms being scorbutic. It is so uncommon a thing for this disease to make its first appearance among the officers, that Mr. Edwards was naturally curious to inquire into the cause of it; and at length discovered that Mr. Scallon's bedding ...
— Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the • Sir William Edward Parry
... and prosperity of the colony. In case of a war in these seas, or in any part of India, this settlement would prove a very desirable depot, and place of rendezvous. Soldiers and seamen would at all times be healthy, without great fatigue, free from scorbutic complaints so prevalent after a long voyage, and would not suffer from a change of climate, which too frequently brings on dysentery, or other fatal diseases; these circumstances would naturally render them more fit to enter ...
— The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) • David Dickinson Mann


Words linked to "Scorbutic" :   scurvy, scorbutus


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