EXOPHTHALMOS IN SCURVY

Scurvy

Scurvy

Scurvy

People write to ask me if the dose is to be half a drachm or half an ounce, so it is as well to say half an ounce unmistakably, or the drug might fall into undeserved disrepute. I am asked if the patients whose swollen legs I describe may not have been suifering from Beri-beri. I believe not. The cases yielded readily to the usual antiscorbutic treatment, while Beri-beri requires turpentine.

Intermittent exophthalmos.

The syndrome of intermittent exophthalmos classically consists of enophthalmos with the head in the upright position, and exophthalmos which develops rapidly in one eye (usually the left) when venous stasis is induced by bending or lowering the head, turning the head forcibly, hyperextension of the neck, coughing, forced expiration with or without compression of the nostrils, or pressure on the...

Scurvy in Indian Jails

of a jail is always of grave import. It is attributed in our Indian jails chiefly to a deficiency in the protein and alkaline constituents that enter into the composition of the prescribed jail diet, the alkaline constituents being chiefly potash salts.* These factors tend to induce a change in the composition of the blood, followed by a train of symptoms, that have special reference to the gum...