Official reports made to government by Drs. Russell & Barry, on the disease called cholera spasmodica, as observed by them during their mission to Russia in 1831 : with an appendix, and other papers, extracts of letters, reports, and communications received from the continent, relating to that disease.

Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Charlton Park

Date:: 1832

Credit: Official reports made to government by Drs. Russell & Barry, on the disease called cholera spasmodica, as observed by them during their mission to Russia in 1831 : with an appendix, and other papers, extracts of letters, reports, and communications received from the continent, relating to that disease. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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$Arrived from St. By whom Loaded. T Wlicn tnken ill. How m^y \Vh«t Craft. No. of Croft. With whot Goods. loaded ia St.Petem- ctersburg. burg. Cattley, Prescott, and Co. June 17 June 20 One Man. Lighter. 31 Linseed. 17 21 do. Bar(?e. 38 Hemp. F. C. Hanf. 18 »» 21 do. Lighter. 16 Wheat Anderson, M'Causlaod, \ and Co. J 19 21 do. Barge. 34 do. 14 21 do. Lighter. 137 Iron, Hemp. 16 32 do. Barge. 18 Tongues & Trifles. Wheat Schnltze and Pander. 13 34 Two Men. Lighter. 12^ John Lidderdale. 13 36 One Man. do. 67 Oats. Thomson, Bonar, and Co. 30 26 do. do. 117 Yam. Tallow Thoriilon, Cayley, and Co. 14 27 do. do. 145 Tallow. 1 G. Loder and Co. 15 28 do. do. 443 do. J Wharf. Hills and Whishaw. 27 28 do. do. 20 Hemp. Anderson, M'Cansland, i and Co. ] 27 it 38 do. do. 258 f Do. Isinglass and 1 Hides undressed. 24 1 do. do. 230 Bristles, Karen- | ducks, & Tungnes. ) Change. C4. Extracts from Mr. Booker's Correspondence. 2U/ May.—First precautions remarked of vessels being stopped arriving from the westward, which proved to be vessels from Riga. 25 th.—A Surgeon and Officer appointed to examine all the merchantmen daily, and report. 15 th June.—The passengers on board of the steamer were examined by a Surgeon. 16^/i.—A Quarantine of five days was proposed on every passenger and vessel arriving from town. 17th.—The Quarantine was overruled, but the examination carried on with the greatest strictness. As late as six to eight o’clock this evening, all w'as well; but during the night the Bargeman and the Merchant were taken ill. I8th.—In the evening the Merchant was declared better. The Bargeman in the Lazaretto, at the bottom of the Island. During the night from the 18th to the 19th, the Merchant died; and the Bargeman about the same time. 20th.—Several cases of Cholera appeared at the Mole Head, among Bargemen and Custom-House Officers, and the working people on the Mole; and from this day, the disease broke out. A Quarantine of fourteen days against Petersburg established; Peterhoff seven days; Oranianbaun five days. 2 Is/.—Advice that the Cholera was brought down by lighters and barges from Petersburg. The'Town, till this evening, well; one case suspected. 24th.—Have not learnt that the illness has reached the Naval and Mili- tary Barracks. 25th.—The complaint broke out in every direction with fury, and by the evening the deaths in all were 85. 26th,—The regular bulletins commenced. About the Cholera Patients in the British Lazaretto, I cannot sav anything.$

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