On the treatment of Asiatic cholera / by Archibald Billing.

  • Billing, Archibald, 1791-1881.
Date:
1866
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Credit: On the treatment of Asiatic cholera / by Archibald Billing. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    THE TREATMENT OF ASIATIC CHOLERA. Invaded, as we are, by another visitation of Asiatic Cholera, it is incumbent on all those who have had experience in the treatment of it to communicate the result to mankind. More especially is this due to the members of the medical profession, many of whom, though now highly qualified, were not of an age, or in a position, on the former occasions of its ravages, to have witnessed them, or to have profited by what they saw. There are, besides, a number of the more experienced who can scarcely feel satisfied as to the proper mode of treatment; for, from the partiality with which it attacked some places, while portions of other districts entirely escaped, it was almost unseen by numerous persons of extensive practice. There exists also a source of danger from erroneous direc- tions put forth with the weight of imposing authority; as, for instance, from the Board of Health, in the “ London Gazette” of the 6th October 1848, in which the instructions given arc inefficient, and partly erroneous. In pointing out what I know to be useful in the way of remedies, these errors will be made sufficiently evident. But, as it may be asked upon what authority I come for- ward so confidently, I may be excused for stating, that I have grown gray in the service. It is some years since other pro- fessional engagements compelled me to retire from the London