An inaugural dissertation on the cholera morbus : submitted to the public examination of the faculty of physic, under the authority of the trustees of Columbia College, in the state of New-York, William Samuel Johnson, LL.D. president; for the degree of Doctor of Physic, on the sixth day of May, 1794 / by Henry Mead, citizen of the state of Connecticut.

  • Mead, Henry, -1838.
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1794
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Credit: An inaugural dissertation on the cholera morbus : submitted to the public examination of the faculty of physic, under the authority of the trustees of Columbia College, in the state of New-York, William Samuel Johnson, LL.D. president; for the degree of Doctor of Physic, on the sixth day of May, 1794 / by Henry Mead, citizen of the state of Connecticut. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and moft of the animal broths, when made thin, anfwer a very good purpofe. If thefe laft cannot be obtained, or while they are preparing, wc may have recourfe to plain water made a little warm. Thefe may be drank very freely, and in large draughts, frequently repeated. Dr. Douglass highly recommends the bread-water: he prepares it in the following manner: Take any quantity of oat-bread, baked without yeaft or leaven j let it be carefully toafted brown, but not burnt -, pour on it as much water as will give it the colour of common coffee •, let the patient drink of this very freely, which they do with eagernefs, as they are generally thirfty; and alwavs affirm it is moft grateful to their ftomach. obferves, that he has always ufed i but where this cannot be had, he but wheat-bread or flour well toafted may do; but, if the ftools become acrid, with freqi, tormina, any of- the above prefcriptions may be made into an injection, and thrown h each evacuation, together with a fev the thebaic tincture. The exhibition oi porter will frequently check the vormtii give not only an agreeable remedy, i v.t a v efficacious