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Special Topics in 19th Century Medicine

Cholera

This guide is meant to be general a starting point to locating books on the history of medicine as it relates to cholera in North America, primarily within the University of Chicago Library.

Keywords & Subject Headings

Try using some of the following keywords and subject headings in Lens or a database.

  • history, historical
  • cholera, asiatic cholera

Selected Resources at the Library

  • The cholera years : the United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866 / Charles E. Rosenberg ; with a new afterword. c1987. Crerar Stacks Call no.: RC131.A2R670 1987
  • Cholera : the American scientific experience, 1947-1980 / W.E. van Heyningen and John R. Seal. 1983. Crerar Stacks Call no.: RA644.C3V360 1983
  • Asiatic cholera; its genesis, etiological factors, clinical history, pathology, and treatment. 1893. Benson, John Alfred. Crerar Stacks Call no.: RC126.B45
  • The bacteria in Asiatic cholera. 1889. Klein, E. (Edward), 1844-1925. Crerar Dewey Coll Call no.: 578.02 LO900
  • A history of Asiatic cholera. 1876. Macnamara, Nottidge Charles, 1832-1918 Crerar Stacks Call no.: RC127.M19
  • The cholera; its history, course and treatment; opinions of over forty celebrated physicians of Europe and America on the cause, prevention and cure of Asiatic cholera ... 1866. Smith, Ransom P. Special Collections, Crerar Rare Books Call no.: RC126.S55 1866
  • A communication from the city physician on Asiatic cholera. Is it a contagious disease? 1866. Boston (Mass.). Health Dept. Crerar Dewey Coll Call no.: 614.514 M603
  • Asiatic cholera: its origin, history, and progress, for over two hundred years, and the devastations it has caused in the East and West; its ravages in Europe and America in 1831-2, in 1848-9, in 1854-5, and in 1865-6 ... 1866. Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont), 1820-1893 Crerar Dewey Coll Call no.: 616.932 M601
  • The cholera; its history, course and treatment; opinions of over forty celebrated physicians of Europe and America on the cause, prevention and cure of Asiatic cholera ... 1866. Smith, Ransom P. Crerar Dewey Coll Call no.: 616.932 M607
  • The American lady's medical pocket-book, and nursery-adviser : containing rules for preserving the health of unmarried females, directions to pregnant and lying-in women, and an account of their diseases : together with instructions for the rearing of children from the hour of their birth : and an account of the diseases of infancy / by the author of the Gentleman's medical pocket-book. Imprint: Philadelphia : J. Kay, 1833. Series: The Gerritsen collection of women's history ; no. 66.1 Notes: Appendix: Asiatic, or epidemic cholera, p. 283-296. Microfiche. Sanford, N.C. : Microfilming Corp. of America, 1980. -- 4 sheets ; 11 x 15 cm. -- Microforms, floor 3 Regenstein Call no.: microfm HQ1121.G477 1975 no.66.1
  • The cholera years; the United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866. [1962] Rosenberg, Charles E. Harper Lib Call no.: RC131.A2R81
  • A chapter on cholera, for lay readers. History, symptoms, prevention, and treatment of the disease. By Walter Vought ... 1893. Vought, Walter. Crerar Stacks Call no.: RC126.V9
  • Asiatic cholera; its genesis, etiological factors, clinical history, pathology, and treatment. 1893. Benson, John Alfred. Crerar Stacks Call no.: RC126.B45
  • Cholera, its protean aspects and its management. By Dr. G. Archie Stockwell ... 1893. Stockwell, George Archie. Crerar Dewey Coll Call no.: 616.932 P302
  • On epidemic influences; on the epidemiological aspects of yellow fever; on the epidemiological aspects of cholera. 1888. Turmel, Joseph, 1859-1943. Crerar Dewey Coll Call no.: 614.49 O800
  • Cholera: its origin, history, causation, symptoms, lesions, prevention, and treatment. By Alfred StillĂ© ... 1885. StillĂ©, Alfred, 1813-1900 Crerar Stacks Call no.: RC126.S8
  • The cholera epidemic of 1873 in the United States. 1875. United States. Surgeon-General's Office. Crerar Stacks Call no.: RC131.A1 1873
  • Annals of cholera: from the earliest periods to the year 1817. 1872. Macpherson, John, 1817-1890. Crerar Stacks Call no.: RC127.M2
  • The Cholera, a familiar treatise on its history, causes, symptoms and treatment : with the most effective remedies, and proper mode of their administration, without the aid of a physician : the whole in language free from medical terms, especialy adapted for the use of the public generally ; also containing a history of the epidemics of the Middle Ages / By G.T. Collins. 1866. Collins, George T. Crerar Dewey Coll Call no.: 616.932 M604
  • Cholera : facts and conclusions as to its nature, prevention, and treatment / by Henry Hartshorne. 1866. Hartshorne, Henry, 1823-1897 Crerar Dewey Coll Call no.: 616.932 M603
  • Cholera and its cures: an historical sketch. By J. Stevenson Bushnan ... 1850. Bushnan, J. Stevenson (John Stevenson), 1808?-1884 Crerar Dewey Coll Call no.: 616.932 L001
  • Respiration, and its effects; more especially in relation to Asiatic cholera, and other sinking diseases. By Emma Willard. 1849. Willard, Emma, 1787-1870 Crerar Dewey Coll Call no.: 612.2 K900
  • Cholera; its nature and treatment. 1848. Lawson, L. M. (Leonidas Merion), 1812-1864 Crerar Stacks Call no.: RC126.L4
  • Observations on a letter from Dr. N. Chapman, of Philadelphia : to Dr. W. B. Tyler, of Frederick (Md.) on the subject of cholera, as appearing in Philadelphia, August, 1832 ... 1833. Special Collections, Crerar Rare Books Call no.: RC126.O27 1833
  • A plain and practical treatise on the epidemic cholera, as it prevailed in the city of New York, in the summer of 1832; including its nature, causes, treatment and prevention. Designed for popular instruction. To which is added, by way of appendix, A brief essay on the medical use of ardent spirits; being an attempt to show that alcohol is as unnecessary and mischievous in sickness as in health. By David Meredith Reese, M. D. 1833. Reese, David Meredith, 1800-1861. Crerar Dewey Coll Call no.: 616.932 J301
  • A medical and topographical history of the cholera morbus, including the mode of prevention and treatment. By Scouttetten ... With a report read at the Royal Academy of Medicine, at Paris, Sept. 17, 1831. Tr. from the French, by A. Sidney Doane ... 1832. Scoutetten, Henri, 1799-1871. Crerar Dewey Coll Call no.: 614.514 J100
  • Asiatic cholera : history up to July 15, 1892, causes and treatment / by N.C. MacNamara. 1892. Macnamara, Nottidge Charles, 1832-1918 Crerar Stacks Call no.: RC126.M18:
  • An essay on the nature of the epidemic usually called Asiatic cholera, , with the reasons why it should be regarded as an epidemic diarrhoea serosa, instead of common cholera morbus; and an attempt to found the treatment upon the pathology of the disease: being the annual communication to the Medical society of the state of New-York. February 5, 1833. By Thomas Spencer, M. D., president ... 1833. Spencer, Thomas, 1793-1857 Crerar Dewey Coll Call no.: 616.932 J300 and Special Collections, Crerar Rare Books Call no.: RC126.S64 1833
  • Useful rules of treatment, remedies ... of the cholera ... By the most celebrated physicians ... 1832. McNaughton, James, 1796-1874 Crerar Stacks Call no.: RC126.M2
  • All the material facts in the history of epidemic cholera: being a report of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, to the Board of Health: and a full account of the causes, post mortem appearances, and treatment of the disease. By John Bell ... and by D. Francis Condie. 1832. Bell, John, 1796-1872. Crerar Stacks Call no.: RC126.B4
  • A discourse delivered in the church in Brattle square, Boston, August 9, 1832 [microform], the day appointed for fasting and prayer in Massachusetts, on account of the approach of cholera. By John G. Palfrey...Published by request. 1832. Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881. Microforms, floor 3 Regenstein Call no.: microfm42428.9
  • How is cholera propagated? The question considered, and some facts stated. By an American physician. 1831. Macaulay, Patrick, 1792-1849. Special Collections, Crerar Rare Books Call no.: RC126.M1350
  • Snow, John, 1813-1858. On the mode of communication of cholera. Edition: 2d ed., much enlarged. Imprint: London, John Churchill, 1855. Description: vii, 160 p. 2 fold. maps 22 cm. Special Collections, Rare Books alc RC126.S675. Read the Book online at the UCLA Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health site.

Internet Resources

  • "Everyone has heard of cholera, but few people know anything about John Snow, the man who determined how the disease is transmitted".....see the John Snow website at UCLA. "This site is devoted to the life and times of Dr. John Snow (1813-1858), a legendary figure in the history of public health, epidemiology and anesthesiology.