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"McGrigor-Croft, John"

McGrigor-Croft, John: SEE ALSO Anon., 1872. (detail)
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McGrigor-Croft, John (detail)
   
1860
The dugong: the valuable medicinal properties of its oil in consumption and various diseases.
Zoologist 18: 7166-7169.
–Describes the marked improvement produced by dugong oil in two cases of scrofula and consumption. Also notes that it helps in treating chronic dyspepsia and dysentery.

Daryl P. Domning, Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, and Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.
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