Volume 1

Sketches of the most prevalent diseases of India : comprising a treatise on the epidemic cholera of the East, statistical and topographical reports of the diseases in the different divisions of the army under the Madras presidency ... / by by James Annesley.

  • Annesley, James, Sir, 1780-1847.
Date:
1825
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Credit: Sketches of the most prevalent diseases of India : comprising a treatise on the epidemic cholera of the East, statistical and topographical reports of the diseases in the different divisions of the army under the Madras presidency ... / by by James Annesley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE THERE are few diseases which have excited more interest among medical men, or more terror in the mind of the Indian community at large, than the epidemic cholera. The various and contradictory views entertained at different times respecting it, shew dis- tinctly our ignorance of the real nature of the disease itself, as well as of any successful means of combating it. Durimg such un- certainty it is the duty of every practitioner who has had extensive experience, or who considers that he can add to the stock of information respecting it, to contribute what- ever may be in his possession. It. is only by such means that sufficient data can be obtained, whence sound views may be deduced respecting its treatment, and the limitation of its ravages. The medical charge of the garrison of Fort Saint George, and of the general hospital