The Arrest And Prevention Of Cholera: Being A Guide To The Antiseptic Treatment, With New Observations On Causation - Softcover

Arthur Ernest Sansom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371840708 ISBN 13: 9780371840702

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

The Arrest And Prevention Of Cholera: Being A Guide To The Antiseptic Treatment, With New Observations On Causation by Arthur Ernest Sansom offers a comprehensive early modern treatment and public health perspective on cholera. Sansom argues that cholera is produced by a portable organic poison that can be transmitted by air, water, or contaminated objects, and that its spread is mediated by both external conditions (hot, overcrowded housing, impure water) and internal predispositions (depressed vitality). He traces the history of cholera from antiquity through the 19th century outbreaks, discusses contagion and infection, and introduces a theory that reconciles local miasma with contagion via a ferment-like agent. The book emphasizes prevention: improving housing, ensuring clean water, disinfecting sewage, and sanitary reform; it argues for public action and Poor Law reform as essential to reducing risk. In treatment, Sansom promotes antiseptic measures such as carbolic acid and sulphites to render the poison inert, as well as careful supportive care, enemas, and measures to sustain circulation during collapse. The volume includes practical protocols for chamber disinfection, water testing, and management of choleraic diarrhoea and collapse, along with appendices and updates to earlier conclusions.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371840708
• ISBN 13: 9780371840702
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172