History of the epidemic spasmodic cholera of Russia : including a copious account of the disease which has prevailed in India, and which has travelled, under that name, from Asia into Europe ... / by Bisset Hawkins.

  • Hawking, Francis Bisset, 1794-1894.
Date:
1831
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: History of the epidemic spasmodic cholera of Russia : including a copious account of the disease which has prevailed in India, and which has travelled, under that name, from Asia into Europe ... / by Bisset Hawkins. 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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    INTRODUCTION. This little work does not profess to make any discoveries respecting the disease of which it treats, but merely to collect into a convenient and ready form the scattered information which has been as yet obtained concerning a topic of universal interest. Nearly all that is to be found in its pages has been already published in various forms; but to place side by side conflicting opinions, to compare statements, and to furnish ample materials for reference and conclusion, was a task which remained to be accomplished. More information will doubtless shortly be afforded by the very