Cholera and its treatment / by Leonard Rogers.

  • Rogers, Leonard, 1868-1962.
Date:
1911
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    were invaded. Thus, 26-4 stands for 1826, fourth month, namely April. After the chronological data of each epidemic a brief account of the principal investigations and the prevalent views as to the nature and prophylaxis of the disease is added, so as to allow of the gradual evolution of our knowledge of the subject being traced. 1817-23. Epidemic in India and NEiGHBOURiNa Countries It has been clearly shown by Macnamara that during the years preceding the 1817 epidemic the disease had not been completely absent from India, but was only in abeyance. Thus, when alarming reports of a serious outbreak were received from Jessore in August, 1817, the Calcutta Medical Board recorded their opinion that ' the disease is the usual epidemic of this period of the year, perhaps increased in violence by the peculiarities of the present season'. The rapid spread during this and the following year, and especially its terrible incidence in the Marquis of Hastings' army in Bundelkund in the North-West Provinces (now known as the United Provinces), soon revealed the unusually severe character of the disease, and led to full reports being called for from all parts of India, which for the first time furnished adequate data for an accurate description of cholera. The following synopsis will allow the principal features of this great epidemic to be readily grasped, so only points of exceptional interest will in addition be discussed.