Appendix to report of the committee for scientific inquiries in relation to the cholera-epidemic of 1854 / presented to both Houses of Parliament by Her Majesty's command.

  • Great Britain. General Board of Health. Medical Council.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Appendix to report of the committee for scientific inquiries in relation to the cholera-epidemic of 1854 / presented to both Houses of Parliament by Her Majesty's command. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL CONTENTS. 1. Report upon the Meteorology of London, in relation to the Cholera Epidemic of 1853-4. By Mr. Glaisher. - - 1 Report on the Examination of certain Atmospheres durin'”’ the Epidemic of Cholera. By Dr. R. D. Thomson. - - 119 3. Report on the Microscopical Examination of certain Atmos- pheres during the Epidemic of Cholera. By Mr. Rainey. - 134 4. Report on a Sanitary Inspection of the Golden Square District. By Dr. D. Fraser, Mr. Thos. Hughes, and Mr. J. M. Ludlow. 138 5. Memorandum on the Sanitary Conditions of Bethlem Hospital and of the City House of Occupations. By Mr. Lawrence. - 166 6. Memorandum on Asiatic Cholera and other Epidemics, as in- fluenced by Atmospheric Impurity. By Dr. Arnott. - 168 7. Report on the Chemical Composition of Metropolitan Waters during the year 1854. By Dr. R. D. Thomson. - - 176 8. Report on the Microscopical Examination of different Waters (principally those used in the Metropolis) during the Cholera Epidemic of 1854. By Dr. Hassall. _ _ . 216 9. Observations on the Filth of the Thames, contained in a Letter addressed to the Editor of “The Times” Newspaper. By Professor Faraday. ------ 284 10. Report on the Chemical Examination of Rice-water Discharges. By Dr. R. D. Thomson. ----- 285 11. Report on the Microscopical Examination of the Blood and Excretions, &c. of Cholera Patients. By Dr. Hassall. - 289 12. Tables from a Report of the Middlesex Hospital, illustrating the relation of Consecutive Fevers to the Collapse and Dis- charges of Cholera ------ 308 13. Account of Twelve post-mortem Examinations. ByMr. G. W. Callender, of Bartholomew Hospital. - - - 311 14. Tables of House-to-IIouse Visitation in the Golden Square Districts. By Dr. Fraser, Mr. Ludlow, and Mr. Hughes. - 313 [***•—Two following Diagrams should be inserted in the Scientific Committee's Deport on the Cholera-Epidemic of 1854 ;—that on the Influence of Elevation at p. 16, and that showing a Comparison of Mortality during the two Epidemics of 1849 ayid 1854, at J5. 24.]
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