History of the cholera controversy with directions for the treatment of the disease / by Sir George Johnson.

Date:
1896
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Credit: History of the cholera controversy with directions for the treatment of the disease / by Sir George Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE^ T. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OP CHOLERA IN 1849 ... I II. MY SUCCESSFUL TRIAL OP THE ELIMINATIVE TREATMENT IN 1854, AND THE OPPOSITION IT EXCITED ... 2 III. RESULTS OP MY STUDY OP CHOLERA LITERATURE . . 6 IV. PUBLICATION OP “EPIDEMIC DIARRHCEA AND CHOLERA,” WITH MY THEORY OP COLLAPSE, IN 1855 ... 7 V. REVIEWS OP MY FIRST BOOK ON CHOLERA . . . 12 VI. PUBLICATION OP “NOTES ON CHOLERA” IN l866 AND ITS FAVOURABLE RECEPTION BY SIR THOMAS WATSON AND OTHER EMINENT MEN . ^ 15 VII. MEDICAL REVIEWS OP ‘‘NOTES ON CHOLERA’’ ... 21 VIII. CONTRASTED RESULTS OP EVACUANT AND ASTRINGENT TREATMENT OP CHOLERA 2g IX. DR. SUTTON’S REPORT ON THE POST-MORTEM APPEARANCES IN THE STAGE OP COLLAPSE 37 X. MR. MACNAMARA’S THEORIES AND PRACTICE ■ ■ • 39 XI. THE CONTRASTED HISTORY OP OPPOSITE METHODS OP TREATMENT 52 XII. THE ACTION OP VARIOUS REMEDIES 53 XIII. DR. BURNEY YEO AND DR. CLEMOW ON THE GENERAL ADOPTION OP THE ELIMINATIVE TREATMENT . . 55 XIV. DIRECTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OP DIARRIKEA AND CHOLERA 59