Report on the attack of epidemic cholera, at Agra, in 1863 / by John Murray.

  • Murray, John, 1809-1898.
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[1863]
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Credit: Report on the attack of epidemic cholera, at Agra, in 1863 / by John Murray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    REPORT ON THE ATTACK OF EPIDEMIC CHOLERA, At Agra in 1863, BY JOHN MURRAY, M. 0., Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals. Agra, 10th September 1863. The weather was clear, cool and bracing during the cold season, 1862-3, followed by a steady, hot, westerly wind, till the middle of June, when the-rains set in. The fall of rain was unusually heavy, till the 22ud of August ; since then it has been clear and hot. There has been very little sickness amongst the Troops in the Agra and Gwalior Circle during the year ; and with the exception of Agra, there has been no epidemic Cholera. The di- sease has been of the same character as in former epidemics, ap- pearing first in the Central Prison, and afterwards in Cantonments. Last year the European Artillery were not affected, whilst the Infantry corps suffered severely. This year the Artillei'y have suffered severely, whilst the European Infantry, have been lightly affected. The Native Infantry have not been affected during the present year, and only very slightly during the previous attacks. The disease appeared to be confined to Agra and the vicinity, and did not spread over the country like a wave, as on previous occasions ; and there was a recurrence of the disease, in the Central Prison, after it had sub- sided, which had not taken place in former epidemics. The natives, in the city of Agra, suffered considerably in the hot season, May and June, before the rains set in ; but the disease disappeared after the first fall of rain. This was the ordinary course of the disease in former da}rs. It used to be considered a disease of the hot season, but it has been a rainy season disease, at least in Central India, for the last twelve years. In April there were several cases in the city, in passengers who arrived from Allahabad by rail, but it did not spread irom them.