Report of the Medical Council to the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall ... in relation to the cholera-epidemic of 1854.
- Date:
- 1855
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Medical Council to the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall ... in relation to the cholera-epidemic of 1854. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Of 1,645 cases treated in the metropolitan districts (not in hospitals)— 977 cases were treated by alteratives, e Cases. itive It. of IS. It. of Col- Cases. j Collaps Conseci Fevei Deaths. U g Per Cer lapse In 532 calomel, small doses, was given 338 72 249 46*8 73'6 201 calomel, larger doses 104 25 77 38*3 74- 196 calomel with opium 114 24 65 33'1 57- 13 35 othei- preparations of mercury salines - - - •6 21 2 9 3 12 34*2 57-1 426 cases were treated by astringents, In 238 sulphuric acid was given 119 24 93 39* 78-1 116 chalk and opium 32 6 20 172 62*5 S7 acetate of lead and opium 29 11 18 48'6 62- 3 tincture of the sesquichloride of iron - 3 1 1 2 catechu 24 opium - - 8 9 5 2 extract of logwood 1 1 sugar - 1 2 gallic acid - - - ] 96 cases were treated by stimulants, 94 ammonia was given 73 16 55 5S'5 75 3 24 ether - _ _ - 24 3 20 833 83-3 31 brandy, &c. - - - 23 2 12 38*7 52' 1 23 chloroform - 17 4 13 564 76'4 2 creosote - - - 1 1 19 camphor - - - 5 5 46 cases wei'e treated by eliminanis,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20421710_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
