Author : Oscar C. Dewolf
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ISBN 13 : 9781332252060
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Book Synopsis Asiatic Cholera by : Oscar C. Dewolf
Download or read book Asiatic Cholera written by Oscar C. Dewolf and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Asiatic Cholera: A Sketch of Its History, Nature, and Preventive Management The following short summary of what is known of cholera is derived, for the most part, from the elaborate researches of John Macpherson, M. D., of London, and from the essays of Drs. McClellan, Woodworth, Peters, Stille, and others. It is one of the most ancient diseases of which distinct descriptions exist, and there are few disorders respecting which such an uninterrupted chain of evidence has been preserved. Celsus gives a clear account of it, A. D. 7; and indeed Hippocrates, B. C. 370, speaks, if not correctly, still with fair accuracy of the disease. Galen, A. D. 131, was quite aware of the gravity and antiquity of cholera, and gave directions upon how to prevent relapses. Almost every known writer in medicine up to the close of the year 1500 has described a disease attended with vomiting and purging of a serous character, attended by collapse and death after a brief interval, or a protracted convalescence and fever; but the communicable and migratory nature of the disease escaped notice or record. When the Portuguese discovered a practical route to India by the way of the Cape of Good Hope, the more civilized nations of Europe were placed in direct communication with Hindostan, and we began at once to have clear records of Asiatic cholera. 'In A. D. 1500, cholera was found to have been present in every place in the west coast of India where Europeans had an opportunity of observing the diseases of the country. Sydenham, Willis and Martin speak of great epidemics of diarrhoeas, accompanied by awful twitchings and cramps, as prevailing annually in London from 1666 to 1672. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
