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Ref NoDEP/ABJ/4/4/2
TitleLetter from Rbt [Robert] Lorimer, Haddington, Scotland to John Abercrombie relating to cholera
Date9 Jan 1832
TermAddiction
Mental illness
Description Of ItemHe writes about the cases of cholera he has seen, the treatments used, how alcoholism speeds the disease, symptoms and how the disease was spread into Haddington. A hospital has been established for the worst cases and in all there have been 37 or 38 cases with 16 deaths.
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