Report on the epidemic cholera as it has appeared in the territories subject to the Presidency of Fort St George / drawn up by order of government, under the superintendence of the Medical Board, by William Scot; abridged from the original report printed at Madras in 1824, with introductory remarks, by the author.

Date:
1849
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Credit: Report on the epidemic cholera as it has appeared in the territories subject to the Presidency of Fort St George / drawn up by order of government, under the superintendence of the Medical Board, by William Scot; abridged from the original report printed at Madras in 1824, with introductory remarks, by the author. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    hot months of May, June, July, and August, but cholera did not arise amongst them. The 1st battalion, 17th regiment, native infantry, moved during the month of March from Secundrabad to Masuli- patam, without experiencing a case of cholera. The 2d battalion, 4th regiment, native infantry, moved from Dar- war on the 21st April, and, marching by Hurryhur and Ossoor, reached Ryacottah on the 24th of May; no case of cholera occurred during the march, but, shortly after the arrival of the corps at its destination, a few men were seized with it. The 2d battalion, pioneers, moved from Neemla Ghaut early in March, by the route of Darwar, Chittledroog, and Nundidroog, to Naickenary, at the top of the Pedanaigdroog pass, where they arrived on the 5th of May, without having experienced any case of cholera. The 7th regiment, light cavalry, marched from Arcot on the 2d September, and arrived at Trichinopoly on the 19th ; one case of cholera occurred towards the end of the march, which proved fatal. The detachments of native troops which were put in motion during the year 1822 experienced as little incon- venience from cholera as the corps which have been noticed. It may be proper to observe, however, tliat with exception of the 2d battalion, 4th regiment, no native corps was actually marching during the months of May, June, and J uly, when cholera was so fatally prevalent in the four European regiments; but the two native battalions at Palaveram, in the immediate vicinity of Madras, were dur- ing that period, as already noticed, certainly ex])Osed to most of the inconveniences of a standing camp; and it was in standing camps, and in (jjuarters, that three ot the foui regiments suffered the visitations described. Epidemic cholera having now existed in these territories for about five years, and, as tlie i)receding narrative evinces, having proved a formidable scourge to all conditions of people, it will be satisfiictory here to exhibit that the o