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Antiscorbutic   Listen
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Antiscorbutic  n.  (Med.) A remedy for scurvy.






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"Antiscorbutic" Quotes from Famous Books



... scurvy and its allied ailments; while its juices have been further esteemed as of especial use in arresting tubercular consumption of the lungs; and yet it has remained for recent analysis to show that the Watercress is chemically rich in "antiscorbutic salts," which tend to destroy the germs of tubercular disease, and which strike at the root of scurvy generally. These salts and remedial principles are "sulphur," "iodine," "potash," "phosphatic earths," and a particular volatile essential oil known as "sulphocyanide ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie



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