The Surgeons Apprentice - Cholera

The first epidemic of Cholera in 1832 commenced in Limehouse, on the bank of the Thames, and with Mr Cumming I attended on several of the victims - the mortality rate was great and the disease coming from India spread over most parts of the world - the most successful as a temporary treatment was the injection of half a pint of warm water, containing a little salt, into a vein in the arm - this had an invigorating effect for an hour or two, but collapse generally followed shortly after.