Asiatic Cholera: A treatise on its origin, pathology, treatment, and cure

"Asiatic Cholera: A Treatise on its Origin, Pathology, Treatment, and Cure" by Elijah Whitney is a late 1800's scientific book giving complete info on cholera. It looks at where cholera comes from, what it does to the body, and how people have tried to treat it over time. The authors want people to better understand cholera and to find good ways to fight it, since it has been a very dangerous disease all over the world. The book starts by talking about the history of cholera, including big outbreaks and how they hurt people. It investigates different ideas about where cholera comes from, like the idea of a specific "disease-poison," and it thinks about things in the environment that might make it spread. The beginning part of the book makes it clear that we really need ways to treat it, and it gets ready to go deeper into how the disease affects the body and what can be done about it.