On the origin, habits and diffusion of cholera, and what may be done to prevent or arrest its progress, and to mitigate its ravages / [by J. Fayrer].

  • Fayrer, Joseph, Sir, 1824-1907.
Date:
[1886]
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Credit: On the origin, habits and diffusion of cholera, and what may be done to prevent or arrest its progress, and to mitigate its ravages / [by J. Fayrer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II the West of Persia, attacked the North of Syria, broke out in the following year in Palestine, in Antioch, in Damascus, in towns of the Transcaucasus, and in Astrakhan on Sep- tember the 22nd.* The second pandemic (1826-37) extended widely over Europe, Asia and North America, and appeared on the West coast of Africa. In 1827 cholera was in Cabul, Balkh and Bokhara; in 1828 in Khiva and among the Kirghese hordes. East Russia was again the first European place attacked, cholera appearing in 1829 at Orenberg and Astrakhan : it became very widely diffused over Russia during 1830. During 1831 and 1832 the epidemic appeared in Turkey, and in all the Northern and Central countries of Europe—except Denmark—and attacked, for the first time, North America (Canada and the United States) in 1832. In 1833 Spain and Portugal suffered and the epidemic was severely prevalent in the United States, and appeared on the Pacific coast and in Mexico. At the end of 1834 cholera broke out in the South of France; appeared in South America for the first time in 1835, and in the same year in Italy, where it became widely diffused during 1836. During 1837 cholera was in Malta, Sicily, Austria, South West of Germany and Central America (for the first time). It died out, however, by the end of the autumn. Besides the places already mentioned in Asia, cholera attacked China (1830), Japan (1831), Persia (1829), Meso- potamia, Arabia, Syria and Palestine. In Africa, cholera appeared in Egypt (1831), Algiers, Abyssinia, Zanzibar, and some of the Soudan countries.* The third pandemic (1846-63) extended over the whole of the Northern hemisphere to 250 South in the Old World and to 30° South in the New World. It can be divided into two periods, 1846-50 and 1852-63. During the first period (1846-50), in Asia, cholera was widely diffused over India, Turkestan, Afghanistan, Persia, Mesopotamia, the coast of Arabia, and Syria. In Europe it appeared in Orenberg in 1847. With the exception of Spain and Portugal, the disease extended over the whole of Europe, but was not very widely prevalent in