Cholera in its home : with a sketch of the pathology and treatment of the disease / by John MacPherson.

  • Macpherson, John, 1817-1890.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Cholera in its home : with a sketch of the pathology and treatment of the disease / by John MacPherson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    PEE FACE. The following pages are not intended to give a complete account of Cholera; still it is hoped that they glance at all points of essential importance in its theory or treatment. The first portion of the book is special, and only considers the etiology of the disease, as it occurs in that part of India where it has been fixed for the longest period. The other two portions are of a general nature : indeed, it has been my endeavour, avoiding any exclusive view, to take as extended a survey of the subject, as was practicable within the limits which I had assigned to myself. A lengthened experience of the disease has enabled me to observe the rise as well as the fall of many theories and methods of treatment, and may give me some title to regard the whole subject from a practical point of view. One main object of these pages is, to show what medicine can, and what it cannot effect, in Cholera : and their end will have been answered if they tend A