On the channels through which cholera is communicable / By John Murray.

  • Murray, John, 1809-1898.
Date:
1873
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Credit: On the channels through which cholera is communicable / By John Murray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lo ^tE^^^^^^^^ made a source of ready been discussed. KeXhes and h-^^^^^^ ^^ next under notice, and that thev'?^ '^^ the sick come lieved; and, if so,\lTs goes a ^ e'SbSS generally be- disease. In India in i8(5o L^.f fi , contagious nature of the lected the opinions'onhe medical nffl '^^^^ Government, I col- points in the history of chokra T^ ' u on the chief ing the views of Vof memW ^ ^^'^^'e table, shov.. perience of the d°leSr Bv /o, fP.f^''''°,' ^'^^ '^^^e all had ex- many instances It wa« rpn.^,•^<.^ f isuuig tnese articles, is shown in suburb which is sujptd by the affected ftream 'TiP^'^'' ^''^ ^° ^^^ ;„hi .h I I ^ ' ?^ attacked with cholera after wearing a ran yeartefore tV;°™ ^^'ed of chXa Larlv ^ opened umil tLt daT SimUa?'' ^'^ ^ ^'^''^^ Knrrlo^^ ^1 toac oay. bimilar cases are mentioned as occurrinff in bv Dr 9ih . ^.Germany, by Professor Pettenkofer, of Munich fcl 'l' ?^ ^''^kfort, 1856, and Dr. FlauveI, in France 86s' theTe m^st betSrce of ^—.^^fhed to places aJd.^^SJatg tLuiSf l ' f t^^'c '^f ^^'^'ded than on sLe othe po ns comlun caJeLtTh^ T^- ^ officers, 432 think the disease communicable from the place, whilst 19 say that it is not • but as onlv 4 of these object to removal from the place'^as a desirable remedy then pracnce does not agree with their theo.7. That the ground Jay b;come affected .s proved by mstances of troops or travellers being ^attacS a ier encamping on ground recenlly vacated by parties suffering f.om cholera. 1 he period during which the open ground, exposed to die ?n fluence of the sun and air, may remain dangerous, is uncertain. I have seen no injurious effects arise from ground which had been occupied'by cholera camps a year previously, when troops have again moved on to