Observations on the nature and treatment of cholera : and on the pathology of mucous membranes / by Alex. Turnbull Christie.

Date:
1828
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Credit: Observations on the nature and treatment of cholera : and on the pathology of mucous membranes / by Alex. Turnbull Christie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    PREFACE. The following Observations on Cholera are the result of considerable experience in the treatment of that disease. The first cases of it which the Author witnessed, were a few that occurred in the 3d Regiment of Native Cavalry, at Hydrabad, in 1823. In May 1824, it prevailed to a great extent, for two or three weeks, in the troop of Horse Artillery stationed at Kulladghee, and of which he had then charge : and in the months of April, May, and June 1825 and 1826, he had ample opportunities of studying the disease at Darwar ; for it then raged with great virulence among the prisoners in the jail; in the 5th Regiment Native Infan- try ; among the native inhabitants of Dar-