Nine Propositions Bearing on the Ætiology and Prophylaxis of Cholera, Deduced from the Official Reports of the Cholera Epidemic in East India and North America
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on the presence of cholera in its proper home, with additions by Dr. Bryden, Dr. Douglas Cunningham and Dr. Lewis, have been published for twelve years. These Indian reports stand pre-eminent in the literature of cholera, on account of the extensive observation on which they are based and the strict method on which they were conducted, and have the advantage that they do not regard the facts in the light of modern views,
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Nine Propositions Bearing on the Ætiology and Prophylaxis of Cholera, Deduced from the Official Reports of the Cholera Epidemic in East India and North America
The respiratory and digestioe organs are the avenues through which individual infection is accomplished; through the atmosphere of infected localities ch lera is frequently communicated to individuals; water may become contaminated with the specific poison of cholera from the atmosphere, from surface tvzshings, from neglected sewers, cesspools, or privies, and the use of water so infected wilt ...
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دوره 12 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016