Cholera morbus; its first symptoms clearly pointed out, and its dangerous effects fully prevented ... together with Dr. Sydenham's account of the cholera morbus, which raged in England, in the year 1669 / [James Rymer].

  • Rymer, James, MRCS, 1789?-1876.
Date:
1832
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Credit: Cholera morbus; its first symptoms clearly pointed out, and its dangerous effects fully prevented ... together with Dr. Sydenham's account of the cholera morbus, which raged in England, in the year 1669 / [James Rymer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE ASIATIC CHOLERA OR PLAGUE. Of the Divine Causes of an extraordinary Plague. It is a confirmed, constant, and received opinion in all ages, amongst Christians, that the Plague and other diseases which violently assail the life of man, are often sent by the just anger of God, punishing our offences. The prophet Amos hath long since (Amos 3.) taught it, saying, “ shall there be afflic^ tion ?” “ Shall there be evil (Acts 17*) in a City and i. the Lord hath not done it ?” Of the Asiatic Cholera or Plague. Although the term Plague, according to the ge¬ neral acceptation of the word, is calculated to raise a greater horror in the minds of the vulgar, my opi¬ nion of the disease called Asiatic Cholera is, that it is a species of Plague. Hippocrates asserts that the Plague is not the definite name of one disease ; that it is not always and in all places of one kind. The Plague, however, is a disease which always arises from contagion, which affects many persons at the same time, and generally proves fatal to great numbers.