voyage
which takes them through
cold latitudes without a proper
supply of warm clothing.
6. In
regard
to the use of lime juice as a substitute for
citric acid as
sime quier, on which Sir R.
McDonnell asked
for
instructions,
we did not feel competent to
give
an
opinion.
Our information, though generally unfavorable
to citric acid, was not decisive.
We therefore applied to the Board
of
Trade on the subject, and
have been informed
that "there is a very decided
opinion among
Medical Authorities
specially competent to deal with
this subject
that Citric Acid is
as efficient
and as good an antiscorbutic as
lime juice."
This opinion, it will be
seen, is not
a positive
requirement for the absolute rejection of citric acid, but I would submit
that in answer to Sir R. McDonnell's
application for instructions, he should be desired to direct the Emigration Officer at Hongkong to accept lime juice
only
when it is proved to him
that it is impossible to procure citric acid,
and that he should rigidly
refuse to allow the substitution
merely
as a matter
of economy
or convenience.
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Your obedient
Humble servant,
W. T. Bridges
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The final output is:voyage
which takes them through
cold latitudes without a proper
supply of warm clothing.
6. In
regard
to the use of lime juice as a substitute for
citric acid as
required, on which Sir R.
McDonnell asked
for
instructions,
we did not feel competent to
give
an
opinion.
Our information, though generally unfavorable
to citric acid, was not decided.
We therefore applied to the Board
of
Trade on the subject, and
have been informed
that "there is a very
decided opinion among
Medical Authorities
specially competent to deal with
this subject
that Citric Acid is
as efficient
and as good an antiscorbutic as
lime juice."
This opinion, it will be
seen, is not
a positive
requirement for the absolute rejection of citric acid, but I would submit
that in answer to Sir R. McDonnell's
Application for instructions he should be desired to direct the Emigration Officer at Hongkong to accept lime juice
only
when it is proved to him
that it is impossible to procure citric acid,
and that he should rigidly
refuse to allow the substitution
merely
as a matter
of Economy
or convenience.
I have the honour to be, Sir
Your obedient
Humble servant,
Av Bundoch