Sulphuric Acid as a Prophylactic in Cholera Outbreaks
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As I have had some experience of the drug thus used I shall,with your permission,say a few words on the subject. In Number 4, Volume X. of 1st April 1875, of your journal (I have not the Number by me) I wrote you a note on the subject of "Free Sulphurous Acid as a Prophylactic against Cholera," and in the concluding part of that note I brought to notice the use of the dilute sulphuric acid as a prophylactic in outbreaks of
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Sulphuric Acid in Cholera
can only be properly prescribed by the medical attendant. There is no single antidote. As a valuable adjunct against the epidemic the following orangeade, suggested by Dr. Waller Lewis, has been extensively used with excellent effects :? " Sulphuric Orangeade useful in Cholera times.?Concentrated compound infusion of orange peel 3 oz., simple syrup 12 oz., boiled filtered water 4 gallons, mix w...
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