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.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    CO MALIGNANT DIARRHOEA. fluid in large quantity is also injurious. Small doses of calomel and rhubarb, about three grains of the former to ten of the latter, should he taken about once a month ; and persons troubled with indigestion would be benefited by taking twice a day between meals, the following stomachic powder, mixed in about three or four table spoonsfull of cold water. Carbonate of Soda, one scruple. Powdered Ginger, ten grains. Columbo. Rhubarb, each five grains.—Mix. a dose for an adult. Ripe fruits may be taken in moderation without the slightest mischief. I believe all kinds of shell fish during the autumnal season to be decidedly objectionable ; but less so if cooked. Sudden changes of temperature, and all circum- stances that weaken the constitutional powers, either in diet, or in habits, must be carefully avoided ; as they have a great tendency to predispose all persons to the immediate influence of the specific disease.