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this Northern hiilory, which he calls
heimfkringla, and this from no other
reafon, but becaufe it was the firii
word with which the book began.
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L E T T E R X X IV .
From Chevalier B a c h to Dr. T r o i l -
O f the Icelandic Scurvy,
Stockholm, June 12, 1776.
S I R,
H E accounts with which you
have favoured us o f the difeafes
that abound moftly in Iceland muft be
o f iioivcrial fervice to the Swedes.
’When I had the pleafure and liappi-
iiefs o f converiing with you on this
fubjed:, my attention was peculiarly
raifed by the information you gave me
o f the Icelandic fcurvy, and o f its
dreadful confequences on thofe perfons
who were affecled with it.
Wffiat Mr. Peterfen calls the Icelandic
fcurvy, is the true elephantiafis,
which is nearly related to the leprofy.
CeJfus has defcribed it in the clays o f
Aoguftus under the name o f elephantiafis
; and yet Aret^us has treated
more fully upon it, in fed:. 5, under the
fame
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