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Title: Letters on the Cholera Morbus.
Containing ample evidence that this disease, under whatever
name known, cannot be transmitted from the persons of those
labouring under it to other individuals, by contact--through
the medium of inanimate substances--or through the medium
of the atmosphere; and that all restrictions, by cordons
and quarantine regulations, are, as far as regards this
disease, not merely useless, but highly injurious to the
community.

Author: James Gillkrest
William Fergusson

Release Date: February 20, 2009 [EBook #28147]

Language: English

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Transcriber's Note

This text does not refer to epidemic cholera. The term "cholera morbus"
was used in the 19th and early 20th centuries to describe both
non-epidemic cholera and gastrointestinal diseases that mimicked
cholera. The term "cholera morbus" is found in older references but is
not in current scientific use. The condition "cholera morbus" is now
referred to as "acute gastroenteritis."

Spelling variations and inconsistencies have been retained to match the
original text. Only such cases which strongly indicated the presence
of inadvertent typographical error have been corrected; a detailed list
of these corrections can be found at the end of this text.

This ebook consists of two separate parts. The first from 1831 ("LETTERS
ON THE CHOLERA MORBUS.") contains Letters I-X; and the second from 1832
("LETTERS ON THE CHOLERA MORBUS, &c. &c. &c.") contains Letters I-III
and a Postscript. Transcriber's Notes at the end of the text refer to
"Pt_1" and "Pt_2" for ease of navigation.

LETTERS

ON THE

CHOLERA MORBUS.

CONTAINING

AMPLE EVIDENCE THAT THIS DISEASE, UNDER WH