A practical treatise on the history, prevention, and treatment of epidemic cholera : designed both for the profession and the people.

  • Drake, Daniel, 1785-1852.
Date:
1832
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Credit: A practical treatise on the history, prevention, and treatment of epidemic cholera : designed both for the profession and the people. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    14th, a soldier of the battalion of invalids; again, on the 16th, two other soldiers of the same battalion; and, finally, on the 17th, two non-commissioned officers. 'During the whole of this time, and until the 18th of September, only two individuals among the citi- zens of Orenburg had been seized with the malady; both of whom died. One was an excise officer, the other a tradesman. 'The commerce of Orenburg, a city altogether commercial, has for a long time been maintained in frequent, extensive, and important relations with Asia, India, and Persia; it is at least since 1813, that the city of Orenburg has been in the habit of admitting annually the caravans coming from Ki- achta and Boukaria: now, the Cholera reigned epidemically in these countries during the month of August, 1817; and it was not until August, 1829, that it first made its appearance at Orenburg. ' The caravans from Boukaria and Khiva arrived in July, (the 20th at the latest,) at Orenburg, were admitted into the Court for Strangers, after sanitary visits and inspection, but the Cholera was not mani- fested until the 26th of August. ' Convoys making a part of these caravans, had entered about the same time into the fortresses of Orstia and Troitzka, yet the Cholera did not appear in these two fortresses. 'The guards and camel-drivers, hired by these caravans, in one place and in another throughout their route, have entirely escaped the disease.