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Definition of Scurvies
1. scurvy [n] - See also: scurvy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scurvies
Literary usage of Scurvies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1811)
"Dr. Willis prescribes mum in several chronical distempers, as scurvies, dropsies,
and some sort of consumptions. The Germans, especially the inhabitants of ..."
2. London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"It is particularly celebrated in scurvies, being the principal herb employed in
... It has frequently been of service in some kinds of scurvies, and other ..."
3. Pharmacopoeia Radcliffeana: Or, Dr. Radcliffe's Prescriptions, Faithfully by John Radcliffe (1716)
"... we muft evacuate downwards. la scurvies, whatever Salt reigns, ... leave fewer
Particles behind to be alter'di and tho* it be common in scurvies, ..."
4. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Preventive Medicine by G. Koehler, Bernard Fantus, William Augustus Evans (1921)
"Milder scurvies, masked scurvies, mental depression, irritability, pallor and
bleeding gums due to mild scurvy can develop in less time. ..."
5. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1912)
"... and the use of it in general very beneficial in scurvies and Dropsies"; and
that "for Rheums in the Eyes and the Head a leaf of Tobacco put into the ..."
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