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Two unpublished letters from B E De Berca. In the first, De Berca writes of the effectiveness of warm water and salt as a cure for cholera morbus [gastroenteritis], describing his personal experience of ingesting a saline solution of one part salt to seven parts warm water to alleviate symptoms of cholera morbus.

Subject: Medicine

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AP/16/7
Earliest possible date
November 1831
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

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Unpublished letters, regarding a cure for cholera morbus from B E De Berca, November 1831, AP/16/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_16_7/unpublished-letters-regarding-a-cure-for-cholera-morbus-from-b-e-de-berca, accessed on 14 September 2026

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