Reports on epidemic choleraJ. Churchill, 1854 - 565 pages |
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... body , and is propagated by means of emanations from the bodies of the sick , in other words , by contagion † . * See Report of the General Board of Health on the Epidemic Cholera of 1848 and 1849 , pp . 36 and 146. Report on Quarantine ...
... body , and is propagated by means of emanations from the bodies of the sick , in other words , by contagion † . * See Report of the General Board of Health on the Epidemic Cholera of 1848 and 1849 , pp . 36 and 146. Report on Quarantine ...
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... bodies of those whom it affects , and that its diffusion is due to the agency of the atmosphere . It The fifth theory ... body . Such are the theories . The object of this Report is to inquire into the facts , and to learn which of these ...
... bodies of those whom it affects , and that its diffusion is due to the agency of the atmosphere . It The fifth theory ... body . Such are the theories . The object of this Report is to inquire into the facts , and to learn which of these ...
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... bodies . Lastly , it may be observed that the close relation in which the intensity of the epidemic seems to stand to density of population and activity of traffic , though not inconsistent with any one theory , especially suggests the ...
... bodies . Lastly , it may be observed that the close relation in which the intensity of the epidemic seems to stand to density of population and activity of traffic , though not inconsistent with any one theory , especially suggests the ...
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... bodies within these places , so as to remain fixed there and even to increase , as long as the favour- ing conditions continued , quite independently of subsequent changes in the direction of the wind , or , in other words , of ...
... bodies within these places , so as to remain fixed there and even to increase , as long as the favour- ing conditions continued , quite independently of subsequent changes in the direction of the wind , or , in other words , of ...
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... bodies of the sick and emanating from them , certain conditions of the air must be necessary for its continual existence out of the body , or must greatly affect its power of propagating the disease from one person to others , or ( a ...
... bodies of the sick and emanating from them , certain conditions of the air must be necessary for its continual existence out of the body , or must greatly affect its power of propagating the disease from one person to others , or ( a ...
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affected appeared atmosphere attacked August blood Bridgenorth Buckinghamshire calomel cause of Cholera cessation character Cholera Committee Cholera field Cholera occurred Cholera patients collapse communication congested contagion contagious conveyed damp deaths from Cholera deaths occurred December demic diarrhoea died diffusion disease districts ecchy ecchymosis England epidemic Epidemic Cholera facts fatal favour Female fever fibrinous fluid foul glands Hertfordshire Hospital human intercourse ileum impure increase infected influence instances intensity intestine July June localities London lunatic asylums Mesenteric Glands miles Millbank Prison months morbific mortality from Cholera mucous membrane Noss Mayo number of deaths nurses October outbreak pale period Peritoneum persons pia mater Place and Reporter population ports prevalence probable public establishments river sanitary condition September severe ships Shropshire sick Small Intestines solitary glands spots Staffordshire sub-district suffered Sunderland symptoms Table temperature theory tion towns ventilation visited wards wind winter Worcestershire Workhouse
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