Excerpt from Report of a Committee of the Associate Medical Members of the Sanitary Commission on the Subject of Scurvy With Special Reference to Practice in the Army and NavySymptoms. - The symptoms of scurvy are generally suffi ciently apparent to be recognised by the careful physician. The swollen and discolored gums, bleeding upon the slight est touch, the leaden hue of the features, the peculiarly offensive breath, the appearance of patches of extravasated blood first upon the legs, but subsequently upon other parts of the body, the hardness and permanent state of contrae tion of the muscles, the stiffness of the joints, the re opening of old ulcers and cicatrices, the re-solution of united fractures, the general oedema of the body, the diarrhoea and dysentery, and haemorrhage from the mucous passages generally, the extreme mental depression and indisposition to any kind of exertion, are all often met with in one individual, and then present a picture which can scarcely lead to an error in diagnosis. There are cases, however, which cannot be so readily detected, because few of the prominent symptoms above mentioned are present. In such instances the existence of scurvy can generally be inferred with certainty from the existence of peculiar cir cumstances to which we shall hereafter direct attention.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.