The History of Cholera in the East

are indebted to the researches of Col. Yule. That officer's Glossary of Anglo-Indian Terms is full of general information; and the article under the head of " Mort de Chien" should be read by everyone interested in the subject of cholera. For a few notices we are indebted to Dr. Semmelinck, a retired Dutch military surgeon, who has recently written a book on the early history of cholera. The main object of that gentleman's work is to declare that the Mordexin, or Mort de chien of Goa, so graphically described in 1542, was not true Indian cholera at all. He has much satisfaction in showing that apparently true Indian cholera (notwithstanding the accounts of Bontius) was not comman in Java, or in Dutch vessels, in early times ; nevertheless,although an unwilling witness, he adds a few new facts to our early notices. Neither the notices of Col. Yule,