Symptoms and treatment of malignant diarrhoea ; better known by the name of Asiatic or malignant cholera, as treated in the Royal Free Hospital during the years 1832, 1833 and 1834 / by William Marsden.

  • Marsden, William, 1796-1867.
Date:
1848
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Credit: Symptoms and treatment of malignant diarrhoea ; better known by the name of Asiatic or malignant cholera, as treated in the Royal Free Hospital during the years 1832, 1833 and 1834 / by William Marsden. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and the great and wealthy members of the faculty dared'not, or would not condescend to visit the habitations of the afflicted. It was a scourge that fell first only upon the poor, the wretched, and the destitute. We know but little of the secrets of nature, or the workings of an Almighty power ; this third visitation may be the last warn- ing messenger, and unless we endeavour by all in our power, to alleviate and rescue the poor from the destructiveness of this pestilence, by searching out the means of cure, we know not how soon, or to what extent, it may become the fell enemy of the rich and well-fed part of the popula- tion. By neglecting to protect and pre- serve the indigent from pestilence or famine, the higher grades of society lose their best chance of preserving themselves from the like evils. On the appearance of the so-called “ Malignant Cholera,” the Governors of