A Chapter on Cholera for Lay Readers.
History, Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment of the Disease.
By Walter Vought, Ph.B., M D., Medical Director and Physician-in-Charge of the Fire Island Quarantine Station, Port of New York; Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, etc.
Illustrated. 12mo. 106 pages. Flexible Cloth.
Price, post-paid, in the United States and Canada, 75 cents, net; Great Britain, 4s.; France, 5 fr.
By complying with and conforming to (and this is perfectly practicable) the instructions so clearly, fully, and yet briefly given in this little volume, absolute security against the disease is assured.
It is written by so experienced and competent an authority—one who has had actual hand-to-hand conflict with an extensive epidemic—and in such a clear, succinct style, as to be easily comprehended and made available by every individual and household.
The following Condensed Table of Contents shows the scope and completeness of the work: Definition; History of Cholera; Cholera in America; Causes of the Disease; The Disease in Human Beings; The Germ in the Body; The Disease in Epidemic Form; Symptoms; The Diagnosis of the Disease; Prognosis; Treatment; Prevention; Method of Handling an Outbreak of Cholera on Shipboard; Quarantine; Disinfection.
A very thorough and conveniently arranged index adds greatly to the practical usefulness of the book.