A report to the Indiana State Medical Society, on Asiatic cholera, as it prevailed within the state of Indiana, during the years 1849, 1850, 1851 & 1852 : with observations on the laws which govern its progress / by George Sutton.

  • Sutton, George, 1812-1886
Date:
1854
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Credit: A report to the Indiana State Medical Society, on Asiatic cholera, as it prevailed within the state of Indiana, during the years 1849, 1850, 1851 & 1852 : with observations on the laws which govern its progress / by George Sutton. 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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    prevailing as an epidemic. One of these men, I was informed, was attacked with cholera shortly after his arrival, and died after a few days^ illness. There were eight persons residing in the house where this man died, but none of them had the disease. On the 30th of September, another Irishman, shortly after his arrival from Rochester, was attacked with cholera and died. In three days afterwards another man at the same house was attacked, and he also died: The next day another foreigner who resided in the same street, about two hundred yards distant, died. The day following, Oct. 4th, one of the old inhabitants died from cholera ; she resided in the next house south of the one where the first case occurred, about thirty yards distant, but had not seen any of the cases. In four days after, on the opposite side of the street from the house at which this last death occurred, a little girl died from cholera. An Irishman, who was superintendent on the Law- renceburgh & Greensburgh Railroad, a few miles abov^e Law- renceburgh, lost three of his men from cholera. Feeling un- well himself, he returned to his family, who resided in Aurora. The next day, Oct. 9th, he was attacked with vomiting, and cramps of the extremities, but had no diarrhea—he recovered. I was not certain at the time whether this man was laboring under cholera; but as he had been with the disease a day or so before, I thought it probable he was under its influence. In less than a week from this man's illness, five of his rela- tions, who resided in the adjoining house, were attacked with cholera, three of whom died. These were the only cases in this part of the town ; and it is a singular coincidence that it should appear in these families immediately after this man's return, if he did not communicate the disease. On the 3d of November, a relative of the woman who died on the 4th of October, was attacked with cholera, and died after about six days' illness. A few days after his death, his wife and three of the children, also an old lady who resided at the same house, were attacked with diarrhea—the wife with cholera morbus ; they all recovered. In the same part of the town, another man was attacked with cholera, and died after four days' illness. On the 13th of December, five weeks after, his w^ife was attacked with diarrhea, vomiting, and cramps of the extremities—she recovered. I may here remark, that there was nothing in the localities in which any of these cases oc- curred, that would be more likely to produce the disease than in other parts of the town. These are all the deaths from cholera, and w^ell marked cases of the disease, that occurred in Aurora this year. There were many cases of diarrhea and cholera morbus ; but as it is so difficult to distinguish be-