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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    AIM.II.nant diaiikikka. CASES RESTORED liV TILE SALINE INJECTION John Scoti- Mavnk, aged thirteen, of Farring- don Street, seized wit.li vomiting and purging at nine o’clock, a. m. August 24, 1833. At nine i>. m. found him in the extreme of collapse; requested that lie might be immediately conveyed to the hospital; ordered a saline powder to be given every fifteen minutes, cold water ad libitum, and a hot saline hath. At half-past ten o’clock, the boy quite in- sensible, and at the point of dissolution; about thirty-two ounces of saline fluid was injected : be- fore the operation was over, the clock in the hos- pital struck eleven ; when, to the astonishment of all around, the boy asked, “ What o'clock is it A' “ Ten,” replied one of the nurses. “ No,” said the hoy hastily, “ it is eleven, for I counted it.” 1 he pulse returned ; respiration free ; flic counten- ance resumed a healthy aspect, and animation per- vaded the whole frame. I he boy continued gra- dually to gain strength, and after eight days left the hospital, quite restored. This boy enjoyed excellent health afterwards, and is now a strong man. 4. Monument, aged thirty-nine, residing at 101, D 2