Memoranda on Asiatic cholera : its mode of spreading, and its prevention / by William Budd.

  • Budd, William, 1811-1880.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Memoranda on Asiatic cholera : its mode of spreading, and its prevention / by William Budd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    subject, but from extensive personal trial of the method itself, that in it we shall find the best protection against this fatal pest. Two negative recommendations, at least it has; first: it can do no harm, and, secondly, every other method hitherto tried for the prevention of Cholera has signally failed. If successful one most happy result this method will im- mediately have:—that of (entirely preventing the terror and moral disorganisation on the approach of Cholera, of which such painful accounts have lately reached us from other countries. It has often been said, that it is wrong to teach that Cholera is contagious, on account of the panic, and neglect of the sick to which the doctrine leads. But if we can show, at the same time, that the contagion may be disarmed by such simple measures as those here suggested, all panic is at an end. I have appended to the reprints a short outline of a practical scheme for the prevention of Cholera. In doing this I need scarcely say that I am only putting into a condensed form my own ideas on the subject of Cholera, and am actuated by no desire to impose on others views which they may not be prepared to endorse. The Manor House, Clifton, August, 1865. \