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When about 100 days at sea, the Scorbutus which has proved fatal first showed itself, and from that time, till two days before arrival here, 74 have fallen victims to the disease.
Fifteen of the passengers on board are in weak condition and require Medical aid.
The chief features of the cases I have examined are great prostration, cedema of the limbs, in a few the sweating is general, and in two the dysuria was severe.
I did not observe petechial spots on the limbs or bodies of any. The gums, though in all presenting the peculiar purple line, were not spongy and did not bleed on light pressure.
I am informed that a number of those who died were Opium-smokers, and it was remarked that many succumbed immediately their work was finished.
A passenger (European) states that some of them died from Phthisis.
The provisions shown to me were of good quality and reported to have been dealt out liberally. I could not ascertain if Lime juice was given.
The Between Decks are...