The Prevention and Check of Cholera
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We are glad to see that Lieutenant-Colonel Joshua Duke, I.M.S., (retd.), has republished his useful little pamphlet entitled " Precautions and Suggestions for the prevention and check of Cholera." This code of rules was originally drawn up by Lieutenant-Colonel Duke, when he was P. M. 0. of the Punjab Frontier Force, and is based chiefly upon Mr. Hankin's valuable brochure called, " Cholera in Indian Cantonments." The pamphlet is written in clear and nontechnical language, and is therefore well adapted for use b}' soldiers, municipal commissioners and other non-medical men. In fact, in times of
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