Cholera : how to avoid it and treat it.

  • Blanc, Henry Jules, Sir, 1831-1911.
Date:
1873
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Credit: Cholera : how to avoid it and treat it. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There are some cases where human skill ,is powerless, and there is a similar advanced stage in all fatal cases, but these are rarely met with without other stages having been passed through in which the course of the disease might have been arrested and this stage warded off. Even in the most hopeless cases, though Hfe may not be preserved, much distress and agony may be alleviated. In less intense cases, many lives are saved by judicious treatment, where a fatal result would have followed neglect or improper treatment. The indications of treatment in this third stage are : 1st. To relieve prominent symptoms and restore warmth. 2nd. To support the strength and avoid exhaustion. 3rd. To the above indications given by Dr. Murray I will add : to destroy,