A letter addressed to the Central Board of Health : written with the view of establishing rational principles for the treatment of cholera / [John George French].

  • French, John George, 1804-1887.
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[1832]
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Credit: A letter addressed to the Central Board of Health : written with the view of establishing rational principles for the treatment of cholera / [John George French]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    That in some instances the disease con- tinues its progress till the death of the patient ; but, in the very large majority of cases, when left to nature, the disease ceases when it has produced a state of collapse, varying in intensity. That this state of collapse is remarkable in the phenomenon, that the patient him- self complains of heat felt throughout his body, while to the by-stander he appears to be perfectly cold. | . That extreme thirst attends this state of collapse. That though fluids, requiring digestion, are rejected by the stomach, and therefore with difficulty find their way into the sys- tem,—cold water, which is most grateful to the patient, becomes gradually received and retained. That the blood, in consequence of a change in its constituent principles, by which it becomes more viscid, is thereby rendered less easy of circulation.