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this is very improbable; it is no uncommon 
circumstance to see a patient who had been at the 
verge of existence in the morning, jable to follow 
his ordinary business before evening. ». ) 49 
cxxi. I have seen Europeans. and Asiatics 
exposed, in every sort of manner, to the effluvia 
of those afflicted with this malady; but in)no 
instance were any of these individuals ever attacked 
by it, although fatigue, anxiety, and want of rest, 
predisposed their constitutions to. be readily 
affected by any specific contagion. 5 § 6) 9) 
cxx11 It is rather a curious circumstance, that 
this complaint should be most. prevalent at the 
lunation, of which Mr. Horton, of the 34th regi- 
ment, has adduced several proofs. = 5 6) jut 
cxxi. At present, the most popular opinion 
respecting the Indian cholera, seems to be, that 
it. is of an inflammatory nature: This notion »is 
either true or false, according to what is under- 
stood by inflammation., If every preternatural 
afflux of blood to an organ constitute inflamma- 
tion of it, then the Indian cholera is an: inflam. 
mation of the brain, lungs, and abdominal viscera, 
But, on the other hand, if inflammation consists 
in the augmentation of the animal heat, increased 
expansion of the extreme arteries, pain, and preter- 
naturally strong pulsation in a particular organ, 
then the Indian cholera is the farthest removed 
from inflammation of any disease known. 
