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Neff reports that the great scourge of cholera has arrived in Cincinnati. "The few first days after its appearance were enough to strike terror to the stoutest heart. So sudden and powerful was this disease that many in apparent good health fell in the streets and could not again rise but required to be carried to their homes, and very few that were attacked survived more then 5 to 10 hours." Neff describes the treatment given to those afflicted -- opium, calomel, camphor, hot tea, and mustard plasters. The major symptom is rice water diarrhea. Many doctors have fallen from fatigue and exhaustion and a good many citizens have fled from the the city. Neff and his family have not contracted the disease, which now appears to be abating. Abstract Number - 132
Abstract Number
132
Publication Date
10-19-1832
City
Cincinnati
Keywords
Cholera; Epidemic; Cincinnati; Medicine; Drugs
Recommended Citation
Neff, William, "Letter from William Neff to James B. Finley" (1832). Finley Letters. 131.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/131