Observations on the scurvy : with a review of the opinions lately advanced on that disease, and a new theory defended, on the approved method of cure, and the induction of pneumatic chemistry : being an attempt to investigate that principle in recent vegetable matter, which alone, has been found effectual in the treatment of this singular disease; and from thence to deduce more certain means of prevention than have been adopted hitherto ...

Observations on the scurvy : with a review of the opinions lately advanced on that disease, and a new theory defended, on the approved method of cure, and the induction of pneumatic chemistry : being an attempt to investigate that principle in recent vegetable matter, which alone, has been found effectual in the treatment of this singular disease; and from thence to deduce more certain means of prevention than have been adopted hitherto ...

II. edition.

London : Printed for T. Longman ... and J. Watts ..., 1792.

[2], xxxi, [1], [33]-243, [1] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

L2015F145 1792

(OCoLC)14826327

First published in Edinburgh, 1786.
Signatures: [A]6(-[A]6) B-2G4 2H2.
Dedicated to Earl Howe.
"Many alterations with a considerable number of recent facts are added in this second edition"--Introduction, p. xxiv.
Largely an examination of the theories of James Lind and Francis Milman; this 2nd ed. was the first to introduce his new theory.
Trotter was one of those who introduced universal distribution of lemon juice for scurvy throughout the navy in 1795.
Errata at end.
Includes bibliographical references.

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