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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: As to the prison doctor, who did not want to hear the word ‘scurvy’ pronounced ‘in his prison,’ the less said of him the…

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As to the prison doctor, who did not want to hear the word ‘scurvy’ pronounced ‘in his prison,’ the less said of him the better.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin criticizes the prison doctor for his negligence regarding the health issues of inmates, particularly scurvy.

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