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.

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.
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. For ease of navigation in the HTML document, the notations Pt_1 and Pt_2 have been added directly above original page numbers.
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.
By a Professional Man of Thirty Years experience, in various parts of the World.
The first series of these Letters, consisting of five, appeared in the months of September and October of the present year; five others, written in a more popular form, were inserted in a Newspaper from time to time, in the course of this month:—a few additions and alterations, preparatory to their appearance in the shape of a pamphlet, have been made.
If, at a moment like the present, they prove in any manner useful to the public, the writer will feel great satisfaction.
November 26th, 1831.
If we view the progress of this terrific malady, as it tends to disorganise society wherever it shows itself, as it causes the destruction of human life on an extensive scale, or as it cramps commerce, and causes vast expense in the maintenance of quarantine and cordon establishments, no subject can surely be, at this moment, of deeper interest. It is to be regretted, indeed, that, in this country, political questions (of great magnitude certainly), should have prevented the legislature, and society at large, from examining, with due severity, all the data connected with cholera, in order to avert, should we unhappily be afflicted with an epidemic visitation of this disease, that state of confusion, bordering on anarchy, which we find has occurred in some of those countries where it has this year appeared.