sened the
Swellings considerably. The Cough and some Degree of Swelling still
remained; but were removed by the Use of the Sperma Ceti Mixture with
Oxymel, gentle Opiates, and some Doses of Physic.

The second was a Man of the Twentieth Regiment of Foot, who had been
some Months in the Hospital for a hectic Complaint; he was taken ill,
the same Night as the Dragoon, with a Swelling of his whole Face,
particularly the Lips, which had a shining watery Appearance, and a
slight Degree of Redness, attended with a strong Fever; and was cured
by Bleeding, Purging, the Use of the saline Medicines, and the
Application of a Blister.

The third was an Invalid, who had been admitted for a pleuritic
Complaint, which he had got the better of. He was attacked, the second
Night after the other two, with a shineing, watery, reddish Swelling,
of his right Hand and Arm, up as far as the Joint of the Shoulder;
four large watery Bladders likewise appeared on the fore Part of his
Arm, above the Joint of the Elbow. Bleeding, with the cooling
Medicines, and two Doses of Salts, carried off the Fever, and lessened
the Swelling, in about seven Days Time; but a little of it, with a
Stiffness, still remained; which at last was removed by the Use of
aromatic Fomentations, rubbing with the _linimentum saponaceum_, and
taking two Doses of Physic.

Within less than a Fortnight, five or six more were seized with
Swellings of the same Kind on some of the Extremities, and all got
well by nearly the same Treatment; excepting one Man, who was in a
very low State, and had a large deep Ulcer on his Hip, where there had
been a Mortification from his lying on that Part in a Fever. The
Swelling at first seemed to give Way; but on the third or fourth Day,
having got a severe Cough, the Swelling increased, and the
Inflammation began to look livid, and the Discharge from the Sore to
look bad; and, notwithstanding various Means were used, a
Mortification of the Part came on, and he died the seventh Day.

OF THE SCURVY.

The true Scurvy, attended with spungy fetid Gums of a livid Colour,
with livid Blotches, and Ulcers of the Legs, and other Symptoms, began
to shew itself at _Bremen_ in _January_ 1762; tho' we had not the
least Appearance of this Disorder in the Hospitals at any other Place,
while I was with the Troops in _Germany_.

A great Variety of Disorders have been called by the Name of Scurvy:
and the Disease has been divided into hot and cold