On the use of chlorine in the treatment of Asiatic cholera and choleraic diarrhoea / by William M. Dobie.

  • Dobie, W. Murray (William Murray), 1828-1915.
Date:
1867
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Credit: On the use of chlorine in the treatment of Asiatic cholera and choleraic diarrhoea / by William M. Dobie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    it not been for the chlorine, I hardly think the little fellow could have lasted three hours after the time I first saw him. 2. E. H., a railway guard, was seized on his way to Holyhead, and brought back to Chester. He was carried to his own house, where I found him in a state of deep collapse. Chlorine was administered. He made no rally, and died in a few hours. 3. H. J., aged 55; labourer. When first seen, had been ill three or four hours. Vomiting and rice-water purging had been very severe. Everything was now passed into the bed. Eyes sunken, skin blue, and cramps intense. Mustard-plasters, warm flannels, friction, were assiduously employed, and the chlorine mixture, with ice and iced drinks, given regularly. Eeaction set in, and in three days the evacuations were assuming a natural colour, and he was altogether going on well. He did not quite recover his strength for some weeks. 4. S. S., married woman, aged 45. In a low, damp, unventilated house. Violent cholera and cramps. She rallied under the use of chlorine, but afterwards sank. The nursing in this case was very bad. She steadily refused to be removed to the Cholera Hospital. 5. H. K., aged 60. Mechanic ; of very dissipated habits. Had been suffering from diarrhoea for a week. Cholera had set in twenty-four hours before I saw him. I found him in a dying state. Chlorine was tried, but he did not rally, and died in six or eight hours. 6. A. K., aged 55. Steady man. Had been subject to diarrhoea. Took a dose of castor-oil on the morning of the day of seizure. Collapsed when first seen, and died in twelve hours. A few doses of chlorine were administered. Vomiting and purging did not occur after he was first seen. He had exposed himself to cold during the occurrence of the purging. 7. J. G., aged 35. A married woman. There was scarcely room to walk between the two beds, which nearly filled the whole of her wretched, ill ventilated bedroom. Chlorine was given with considerable benefit. She rallied, but afterwards sank. I attri- bute her death to inefficient nursing. 8. A. G., labourer; middle-aged. Eice-water purging, vomiting, and cramps. Improved on the second day under chlorine, and good nursing. Made a good recovery in about a week. 9. J. P., aged 27. Choleraic symptoms: cramps, purging, and great depression. Chlorine was given regularly for three days. He made an excellent recovery. Nursing was very good. 10. J. W., had been purged more than twenty times before he was seen. Quite blue, and dreadfully cramped. Felt that he was dying. Made a good recovery. The first dose of chlorine stopped the rice-water evacuations, and ice greatly relieved the sickness. For the following memoranda as to the results of treatment in the Cholera Hospital, I am indebted to the notes of Miss Frances M. Wilbraham, who, with Miss Ayckbowm and Miss Barker, so kindly and skilfully nursed these poor sick people :—