Excerpt from Observations on Naval Hygiene and Scurvy: More Particularly as the Latter Appeared During a Polar Voyage The Observations contained in the following pages are not presented as a systematic Treatise on either Hygiene or Scurvy; but as they are of a practical nature, it has occurred to me that they might not prove an unacceptable addition to the knowledge which we at present possess on these subjects. Those on Scurvy have been compiled from the Journal of my Practice, kept during a prolonged period of service in H.M.S. "Investigator," in the Arctic Regions, for which Sir Gilbert Blane's gold medal has been recently awarded to me. With the permission of the present Director-General of the Navy (Sir John Liddell, C.B.), that Journal has been temporarily placed at my disposal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.