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Sir J. R. Martin remarks :* "I served in tlie General Hospital, Calcutta, in Marcli, 1827, tlie time referred to by Mr. Twining, when tlie house was filled with cholera patients, and when all of us, Europeans and Natives, were exhausted with the labours of attending on the sick, but none of us suffered from the disease." Maulmain, Arracan, Chittagong, and the whole Delta of the Ganges were, during the first quarter oT the year, under the influence of a severe outburst of cholera.
In May, 1827, Dr. Taylor wrote to the Board from Agra, reporting that cholera "has prevailed, in an epidemic form, in all the villages within several miles around Agra ; an immense number have fallen victims to its destructive influence." Dr. Skipton, from the same place, remarks that 23 cases of cholera occurred among the men of the 58th Eegiment N. I., and only two from the hues of the Regiments on either side of the 58th. Dr. Knight at the same time sent infor- mation to the Medical Board of the outbreak of cholera at Bareilly. 'From Meerut, Dr. Ludlow writes : " During the melancholy visitation of cholera the convicts suffered comparatively little f "of the stations depending on Meerut after Rajpoorah, cholera has chiefly been felt at Dhyra in the Dhoon and Moradabad ; since the 6th instant we have had easterly winds, but as yet no regular fall of rain." From Delhi, Dr. Longstaff reports, "During the greater part of i June cholera morbus has raged amongst the inhabitants I of the surrounding towns and villages to an epidemic ! extent, but among the European troops only two I cases have occurred, and not one among the Horse . Artillery."
- ' The Influence of Tropical Climates on the European ConstiliiLion,'
p. 298. By J. R. Martin. A New Edition, 1856.
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