British And Foreign Medico Chirurgical Review Volume 40

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Total Pages : 572 pages
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Download or read book British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, Vol. 40 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-23 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, Vol. 40 In relation to these, on the whole, inconsiderable manifestations of epidemic cholera in England, proceedings under directions of the Lords of the Council were taken as follows: With the assistance of Dr. Parkes, Professor of Military Hygiene at N etley Hospital, I watched the progress of the epidemic at Southampton, and addressed to the local authorities such suggestions as were necessary. And as soon as information came of the lament able occurrence at theydon-bois, (which unfortunately was not until all the above-described mischief had been accomplished), I instructed Mr. Radcliffe to investigate the facts, and to give such advice as might be useful. Professor Parkes made peculiarly exact inquiry into all the circumstances connected with the beginnings of the epidemic in Southampton, and into the relations of the cases to one another; and I append his report in extenso (no. Not only for the positive information which it contains, but also as an useful illustration of the extreme difficulty which in all such matters there is in proving or disproving contagional relations. From Mr. Rad clifie's report I append (n o. 15) the section which describes in detail the circumstances of the infected water-supply. And here terminates, for the year 1865, the history of cholera in England. What may be the facts of 1866, or what eventually will have been the share of England in the present pandemic diffusion of the dis ease, are questions on which no materials for exact judgment exist, and where at any rate hope may be preferred to prediction. The foregoing interesting and valuable extract is but a small portion of the highly important matter, which has been most ably set forth in the report. The change in the route of pro gress of the disease during the past year, to which we alluded in the preceding number of the 'british and Foreign Medico Chirurgical Review, ' we find treated of at length in the report of Mr. Simon, as well as the increased rapidity with which modern steam lines enable it to travel. At p. 369 we find the following. 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.