Report on the results of the different methods of treatment pursued in epidemic cholera in the provinces throughout England and Scotland in 1854 : being supplemental to the Metropolitan report, addressed to the President of the General Board of health by the Treatment Committee of the Medical Council / [John Ayrton Paris [and others]].
- Date:
- 1855
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report on the results of the different methods of treatment pursued in epidemic cholera in the provinces throughout England and Scotland in 1854 : being supplemental to the Metropolitan report, addressed to the President of the General Board of health by the Treatment Committee of the Medical Council / [John Ayrton Paris [and others]]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Astringents. 4 cases were treated with chalk mixture ; 1 in conjunction with aperients, 1 „ „ externa] warmth. 97 cases were treated with chalk and opium, 5 died; 1 in conjunction with calomel, 1 20 50 5 4 5 99 ?? 99 99 99 5) 9) 9) 99 99 99 other preparations of mercury, mercurial aperients, other aperients, astringents, stimulants, external warmth 72 cases were treated with sulphuric acid ; 24 in conjunction with opium, 3 26 5 5 1 6 2 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 calomel, mercurial aperients, other aperients, astringents, tonics, stimulants, external warmth. 7 cases were treated with acetate of lead ; 7 in conjunction with opium, 5 ,, „ mercurial aperients, 1 „ „ astringents, 1 „ ,, mineral acids. Stimulants. 5 cases were treated with stimulants; 1 in conjunction with opium, 3 „ „ mineral acids. 8 cases were treated with external stimulants in conjunc¬ tion with emetic and ice. Eliminants. 3 cases were treated with castor oil; 2 in conjunction with opium, 1 „ „ astringents. Table of “Cases of Simple and Choleraic Diarrhoea” treated in the metropolitan hospitals and other public institutions, which have not passed into cholera, and also of cases of simple and choleraic diarrhoea which have passed into cholera, with the relative per-centage of failure to stay](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30469946_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
