Note 3 — SCURVY PAST AND PRESENT CHAPTER I HISTORY OF SCURVY1

Infantile scurvy is frequently termed “Die Moellersche Krankheit.” There seems to be no occasion for giving Moeller credit for discovering this disease, as he believed that he was dealing with rickets merely in an acute form. He recognized the clinical similarity to scurvy, but in one of his cases sharply differentiates it from adult scurvy by the fact that “lemon juice and fresh vegetables” were of no avail in the treatment.