The history of the contagious cholera ; with facts explanatory of its origin and laws, and of a rational method of cure. / By James Kennedy.

  • Kennedy, James, 1803-1868.
Date:
1831
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Credit: The history of the contagious cholera ; with facts explanatory of its origin and laws, and of a rational method of cure. / By James Kennedy. 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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    The first of these is called the cold stage; the second, the hot stage. In my arrangement, on the contrary, the cold period—or, as I call it, “ acute cholera—is not comprised in one stage: it is divided into two types, and seve- ral stages, for the purpose of medical treat- ment. To the hot, or fever-period—and, indeed, to all the morbid sequelae of acute cholera—I would give the name of “ chronic cholera.’ Acute cholera, it appears, has been much \ more frequently followed by common febrile symptoms in Russia than in India; and these symptoms have been very severe. To ac- count for this, we may suggest one of two suppositions — either that the disease has become more intractable in cold climates—or, that the early stages have not been treated as effectively in Russia as in India. I have seen no detailed account of the practice pursued in Russia. In the circular of the Board of Health, the remedial mea-