SALOL IN SMALLPOX

Salol in Cholera

The Salol Treatment of Cholera

By Surgeon J. H. TULL WALSH, i.m.s. My attention was first called to Salol as a remedy for cholera by Dr. Nicholson's article in the Indian Medical Gazette for September 1889. His results seemed so surprisingly good that it appeared as if we had at last found a drug which, if not infallible^ was at least more useful in the treatment of cholera than any other which has been tried up to the prese...

Treatment of Cholera with Salol

by which results as good as those induced by the hypodermic injection of morphia in the first stage can be produced in patients suffering from cholera in the stage of collapse. In view of this, some months ago, I came across a report of the laboratory experiments of Prof. Lowenthal, of Lusanne, on the cultivation of the cholera bacillus, preserving its toxic effects and suggestions by him on th...

Prevalence of smallpox and the trend of smallpox Inoculation in Fars in the first Pahlavi period

One of the infectious diseases that was widespread in Fars province during the first Pahlavi era (1925-1941) was smallpox. This disease spread in the early days of the Pahlavi dynasty in the cities of Fars province and its epidemic reached its peak in 1318 AD. Important measures were taken to control the disease, including smallpox inoculation. The smallpox inoculators tried to control the dise...

Smallpox Vaccination

This article was presented by the author at the Vaccination Seminar of May 26, 1972, National University Medical School.