Diseases of the stomach and duodenum / by Charles Evans Reeves.

  • Reeves, C. E. (Charles Evans)
Date:
1856
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Diseases of the stomach and duodenum / by Charles Evans Reeves. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1838 to 1842^ their strength being 1,600, five cases (three in 1842) occurred, of which two died. India.— No. of stations. Strength. Cases. Deaths. of Madras Ceded Districts') from 1834 to ) 1838 (five yrs.)) 4582 ( 1st Half (2nd „ 7 3 1 Southern Divi- ) 4502 ( 1st Half 18 2 sion (Madras) ) (2nd „ 7 Mysore Division 8000 Hyderabad Force 4862 ( 1st Half (2nd „ 7 6 1 1 Nagpore Force 5000 (1st Half (2nd „ 00 o 1—11—( Tenasserim Coast 4379 (1st Half ( 2nd „ 6 3 1 The native troops were either altogether exempt, or not more than one case occurred among 4000 in two years and a-half. Dr. Copland (Did. Med., art. Gastritis) considers a malarious state of the atmosphere to act as a pre- disposing cause. In this country some seasons of the year are con- sidered to exert a greater influence than others in predisposing to this disease. The following table of the average mortality in London, in every four weeks in each year for eight years, will show that one does not possess any very marked influence over the other; at least in inducing a fatal termination. It may, I think, be assumed as a rule, that more deaths occur about Christmas than at any other time of the year:—