On the mode of origin and propagation of the epidemic cholera, in Huddersfield, and the neighbourhood, in the autumn of 1849 / by John Taylor.

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1851
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Credit: On the mode of origin and propagation of the epidemic cholera, in Huddersfield, and the neighbourhood, in the autumn of 1849 / by John Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE MODE OF ORIGIN AND PROPAGATION OF THE fpikmir Cjjokrit, IN HUDDERSFIELD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, IN THE AUTUMN OF 1849. By JOHN TAYLOR, M.D. Lond. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London, and Physician to the Huddersfield Infirmary. Formerly Professor of Clinical Medicine in University College, London, and Physician to University 'College Hospital. Case l.(a)—The first case of cholera in this neighbourhood occurred at the vagrant office, in the town of Huddersfield, on the 18th January, 1849. Francis Donoghue, aged 50, an Irishman, left Hull on Monday, 15th January, and walked in two days to Selby, where he arrived on Tuesday evening. He slept at Selby, and walked next day to Leeds. He had nothing to eat by the way but four raw turnips, which he got from a field by the way-side. On Thursday he walked from Leeds to Huddersfield, a distance of sixteen miles, and had nothing but bread to eat. He arrived at Huddersfield at 5 p.m., and was then well. His clothes were wet with rain, which had fallen during the day. At 10 o’clock the same evening he began to be purged, and had purging, vomiting, and severe cramps all the night. He had medical aid at half-past eight o’clock on Friday morning. I saw him at half-past three p.m., with Mr. Duke, assistant to Mr. Clarke, surgeon to the Union. Between this time and his death, which took place in fifty-seven hours from the time of attack, he was seen by several other medical gentlemen in the town. The symptoms were unequivocally those of Asiatic cholera. Copious vomiting; numerous abundant and liquid alvine (al The numbers prtfixed to the cases correspond with the general table which will be found in a subsequent page, and indicate the order in which the cases occurred. B