398 Medical History of It. M. \5th Hussars. 



The decrease of numbers, however, must arise from the 

 decrease of disease, whatever may be the cause of the im- 

 provement. 



We have just noticed, that venereal has been less fre- 

 quent. The following table illustrates the subject more fully 

 than any detailed history we could give of its nature, fre- 

 quency and treatment. 



Table of Venereals, admitted from 1st April 1844 to 3lst March 1845. 



No. 



Treatment. 





Of 60 Syphilis primitiva. 



23 



6 



17 



4 



8 

 2 



Were treated without Bubo and without mercury, 

 ditto ditto and with ditto, 

 ditto with Bubo and without mercury, 

 ditto djtto and with mercury, 

 ditto without Gonorrhoea and without mercury, 

 ditto ditto and with ditto, 

 ditto with ditto and without ditto, 

 ditto ditto and with ditto. 



60 



Of 10 Syphilis consecutiva. 



2 

 6 

 2 



Were treated without primary symptoms and without mercury, 

 ditto with ditto and with ditto, 

 ditto ditto and with ditto. 



10 



Of 25 Bubo simplex. 



18 



7 



Were treated without mercury, 

 ditto with ditto. 



25 



Of 71 Gonorrhcea. 



53 



8 

 10 



71 



Were treated without mercury. 



ditto with Bubo and without mercury, 

 ditto with Syphilis and without mercury. 



Statistical Tables shewing the treatment adopted in the Hospital of H. M. 

 1 5th Regiment, or King's Hussars, from 1st April 1844 to 31s£ March 

 1845. 



No. 1. 



Of 269 acute cases, averaging 26 days in hospital, 9 died. 



35 were only bled, „ 22 „ 



52 had only leeches applied, ,, 24 ,, 



178 both bled and leeched, „ 30 ,, 8 



4 neither bled nor leeched, ,, 27 ,, 1 



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