Outlines for a proper theory and cure of cholera / [John Wilkinson].

  • Wilkinson, John
Date:
1832
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Credit: Outlines for a proper theory and cure of cholera / [John Wilkinson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OUTLINES, &c. Examinator.—Pray, what is Cholera? PuPlL.—A functional disease of the alimentary or intestinal canal. Ex.—Why do you call it a functional disease ? Pup.— Because there is no proof of any organic derangement. Ex.—Of what then does the derangement consist? Pup —Of excessive action of the alimentary canal, of the lower part, usually, in the natural direction; and of the upper part, namely the stomach, in an inverted or unnatural direction, frequently, with great action of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles, violent pain, and depression of all the powers of life. Ex.—What is the cause of this disease ? Pup.—Acrid or irritating matter taken into the stomach, repelled perspiration, especially in hot climates, or other causes unknown* Ex.—Do you think the disease at present called malignant cholera, the same as the indigenous cholera of Europe, or different from it ? Pup.—The same, only differing in degree. Ex.—Do you think it infectious ? Pup.—Yes. Ex.—But our cholera is not infectious, how therefore can they be the same ? Pup.—Infection, or non-infection, makes no difference; a disease is known by its seat and symptoms, and not properly by anything else. Ex.—Upon what do you ground your opinion of the in¬ fectious character of malignant cholera? Pup.—Upon various circumstances, but especially on the direction of its march from Hindostan, through Western Asia, into