. Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of . befidesthe ufes to which they arc commonly applied, anfwerconhderablc pin-pofes in medicine. When CommodoreAnfon failed round the woiid_, his men were fo fur-prilingiy recovered from the fcurvy by the oranges whichthey fo;md at the illand of Tinian, that it was after-wards thought worthy of the attention of governmentto inquire iiMo the virtues of thefe fruits as an antifcor-butic inedi
. Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of . befidesthe ufes to which they arc commonly applied, anfwerconhderablc pin-pofes in medicine. When CommodoreAnfon failed round the woiid_, his men were fo fur-prilingiy recovered from the fcurvy by the oranges whichthey fo;md at the illand of Tinian, that it was after-wards thought worthy of the attention of governmentto inquire iiMo the virtues of thefe fruits as an antifcor-butic inedi(&ie. In Captain Cooks lafl voyage, he-was fiipplic^with a quantity of orange and lemon juiceinfpillated io,arob; but his opinion of its efficacy isby no means great. The dearnefs of it is a great ob-jceT:ion ; and, unlefs in conjunelion with other things,he lias not obferved its good cfiei5ls. Sir John Pringle,iu his difcourfe before the Royal Society, when CaptainCook was prcfcnted with a medal by that refpcdablebody, diirers a little from the Captains opinion, andthiiks that in the fca-fcurvy thefe fruits mufl ncccfiarilybe \ cry etncacioiis. He approves, however, more of the Citms; PliitcCWWIII. ./,:././I/:.,/ err [ 31 ] C I Tencyclopaediaord05ency
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