| Description Of Item | Lecture notes by Thomas Laycock about reproductive leukaemia, chlorosis (hypochromic anaemia) and scorbutus (scurvy). The relationship between chlorosis and pregnancy, menstruation, and syphilis, and its prevalence in young women is considered. The forms, causes and methods of diagnosing each condition is described. Pica is mentioned and ‘Twelfth Night’ by William Shakespeare is quoted. |