Practical observations on fever, dysentery, and liver complaints, as they occur amongst the European troops in India ; to which is annexed, an essay on syphilis / by George Ballingall.

  • Ballingall, George, 1780-1855.
Date:
1823
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Credit: Practical observations on fever, dysentery, and liver complaints, as they occur amongst the European troops in India ; to which is annexed, an essay on syphilis / by George Ballingall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fourths are attributed to Dysentery, it is to be hoped that future inquirers will not relax in their endeavours to arrive at the most just views of its nature, and the most successful mode of treatment. The paper on Liver Complaints is pro- bably more limited than many would ex- pect, but it will be seen by the returns I have given, that the deaths distinctly re- ferred to disease of the liver, are not so numerous as is generally believed in Eu- rope ; and as I have thoughts of a more extended work on this subject, I leave it for the present with less regret. My ob- ject has been, in the few observations I have made on Hepatitis, to paint this dis- ease as chiefly dangerous, from being over- looked at its commencement, and Jneeting with in.e8icient or improper treatment in its earlier stages. My wish has been to direct the attention of practitioners to those symptoms which characterize the dis-