"Primitive Belief" as to Propagation of Cholera
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sioner's Report on the epidemic cholera of 187'2, and he will discern that some of our authorities still hold by this " primitive belief" regarding cholera. The Pall Mall observes that " it is satisfactory to find that the obstinacy of Indian medical men as to their theory of the propagation of cholera, and their primitive belief in its being a mere chance product of climate, not to be warded off by any precaution are gradually disappearing. Such old-world notions have just received a rude shock
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