Excerpt from An Obituary Notice of Thomas T. Hewson, M.D., Late President of the Philadelphia College of Physicians Communication on the Cholera Morbus of 1846, and on the Unu sual Frequency of Rice-water Discharges in the Disease of that year. Made to the College, September lst, 1846, and published in the Summary of its Transactions. In connexion with this list, it may be proper to mention, that the reports, made to the College on Meteorology and Epidemics, were always prepared by Dr. Hewson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.